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How the social gospel movement explains the roots of today’s religious left

—Christopher H. Evans
The idea of “social salvation” that was critical to Walter Rauschenbusch, A.J. Muste and Martin Luther King Jr. is galvanizing the activism of a new generation of religious progressives. Can the religious left achieve the public status of the religious right and become a potent political force?
African American Studies

Say Her Name! Confronting Erasure and Rethinking Possibilities for a Democratic Future

—Stanley I. Thangaraj
The work of women of color and trans people of color often goes unrecognized in our larger world. This silence informs us about the politics of living and which bodies and lives are made to count. Their names must be said, or the very system of inequality will continue to operate and grow.
Current Events

Fear and Learning

—Glenda M. Flores
Schools are not set up to support Latina/o students, especially those with undocumented parents. Often, Latina educators have to fill resource gaps. These kinds of issues will only become more pronounced as the Latina/o population grows across the United States and as they come under attack in the Trump era.
Current Events

What the Handmaid’s Tale Reminds Us About Gender Equality

—Kara Ellerby
Despite all our ‘progress’ in women’s rights and gender equality, these same rights are still up for debate. Part of the problem is thinking that promoting some women is enough. If we fail to consider the rights of racial minorities and LGBTQ citizens and ignore class inequalities, then we fail at gender equality.
Law

Pride and Prejudice: Gay Rights, Animus, and Animus

—William D. Araiza
As we reflect on Gay Pride, and on both the accomplishments of the gay rights movement as well as the challenges that even today LGB (and especially T) people continue to face in this post-Obergefell world, it’s more important than ever to understand what “animus” means, not just on the streets, but in the courtroom.

We Need Algorithmic Transparency

May 15, 2017 nyupressblog 0

—Kelly Gates
Understanding what’s inside the black box of cloud computing matters. We need transparency in the weird experience of being human.

From the March for Science to an Abolitionist Science

April 20, 2017 nyupressblog 0

—Britt Rusert
An abolitionist science moves beyond generic defenses of science in an age of populist skepticism and backlash, requiring an evaluation of different types of science and an excavation of their specific relationships to forms of power and exploitation.

Don’t Bring a Test Tube to a Gun Fight

April 19, 2017 nyupressblog 0

—Antony Alumkal
The March for Science is a response to politically motivated efforts to undermine scientific research and ignore scientific evidence when crafting public policy. Science is under increasingly heavy political fire, and the March for Science indicates that scientists plan to fire back.

Available, Accessible, Usable

March 28, 2017 nyupressblog 0

—Elizabeth Ellcessor
Creating accessible spaces, technologies, and content often entails augmenting, altering, or otherwise working around the assumption that all users will have a “normal” able body.

More Than a Symbolic Change: iOS 10 and the Accessible Icon Emoji

September 7, 2016 nyupressblog 1

—Elizabeth Ellcessor
The revised accessibility symbol emoji introduced in iOS 10 is not the familiar static wheelchair symbol. Its inclusion demonstrates how art and activism can influence culture, industries, and policies with major implications for access and participation in broader society.

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How the social gospel movement explains the roots of today’s religious left

Say Her Name! Confronting Erasure and Rethinking Possibilities for a Democratic Future

Fear and Learning

What the Handmaid’s Tale Reminds Us About Gender Equality

Pride and Prejudice: Gay Rights, Animus, and Animus

From The Square

NYU Press Blog

Science & Technology

We Need Algorithmic Transparency

From the March for Science to an Abolitionist Science

Don’t Bring a Test Tube to a Gun Fight

Available, Accessible, Usable

More Than a Symbolic Change: iOS 10 and the Accessible Icon Emoji

Zika and the Limits of Biomedical Fixes

On Biomedicine and its Limits: An Interview with Joseph E. Davis

Yelp for Peeple and the Right to be Forgotten