October 8, 2013
Today, we have an excerpt from the 15th anniversary edition of Sylviane A. Diouf’s Servants of Allah: African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas, in which Diouf looks back at the changes in the… READ MORE
—Theresa Morris A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) on October 3rd examines what is safer for the delivery of twins: planned vaginal or planned cesarean… READ MORE
October 4, 2013
—Theresa Morris In a recent opinion piece for the Washington Post, Joann Weiner shares her thoughts on the ways in which Obamacare will affect women. Though the title of her article is… READ MORE
October 1, 2013
We are thrilled to announce that Lisa Cacho’s Social Death: Racialized Rightlessness and the Criminalization of the Unprotected has been selected by the American Studies Association (ASA) to receive the 2013 John Hope Franklin Publication Prize,… READ MORE
—Jason Mittell [A longer version of this article originally appeared on the media and cultural studies blog, Antenna.] What do we want from a finale? Should it be a spectacular episode… READ MORE