Risk
May 18, 2017
—Robert F. Reid-Pharr
We must reevaluate the strength of the words we produce, that we might produce work equal to the profound need and grand promise of our difficult and interesting times.
Month: May 2017
America’s water whiplash
May 16, 2017
—Jeremy Schmidt
The Oroville Dam cannot be abandoned as it stands. Yet it is not sufficient to merely patch the problems when water’s erosive force is set to undermine the foundations of both material and myth.
We Need Algorithmic Transparency
May 15, 2017
—Kelly Gates
Understanding what’s inside the black box of cloud computing matters. We need transparency in the weird experience of being human.
“Moonlight” schooled Hollywood on race. Can it take on school discipline, too?
May 12, 2017
—Derek Black
This year’s Academy Award winner for best picture tackles a difficult topic in the education world today: school discipline.
Trump’s assault on our national history must end
May 10, 2017
—Thomas A. Foster and Margaret Storey
Trump’s poorly informed comments about the Civil War are part of a larger pattern by the president of misrepresenting the facts of American history for political purposes.
An Interview with John Cheney-Lippold, Author of We Are Data
May 3, 2017
An interview with John Cheney-Lippold about what identity means in an algorithmic age.
Recipes from 13th-Century Syria
May 2, 2017
Scents and Flavors: A Syrian Cookbook from our Library of Arabic Literature series hits shelves today! Try these recipes from the book, reworked for contemporary kitchens.