The authors show that when steps are taken to reduce the hold of inequitable laws, customs, and practices, outcomes for all improve....

McGowan combines sophisticated discussion of matters like the limits of formal logic and the history of German Idealism with playful allusions to Star Trek characters and classic films like Casablanca and Bridge on the River Kwai...

Palmer argues that understanding the motivations and experiences of those who have been featured in news stories – voluntarily or not – sheds new light on the practice of journalism and the importance many continue to place on the role of the mainstream media...

Jenkins engages readers in readers in a ethnography where she spent years observing and interviewing American, international, and osteopathic medical residents in two hospitals...

Since the 1940s, America’s relations with the rest of the world have been guided by the idea of promoting the free flow of information...

Rolsky makes the case for understanding Norman Lear as a key protagonist in the culture wars of the late 20th century...

Johnston traces the development of Žižek's recent thought in detail, salvaging the key philosophical themes while also offering several criticisms and developments of his own...

The relationship between Islam and the environment has a long and rich history across various Muslim societies...

How did Muslims respond to foreign goods in an age characterized by global exchange and European imperial expansion?

Friss historicizes the bicycle’s place in New York City’s social, economic, infrastructural and cultural politics...

Fahy gives a thorough and compelling analysis of testimonies and reports on North Korea...

Vaughan offers a new history of the movies from an environmental perspective...

"Social Media and the Public Interest" approaches this complex and multi-layered issue from a host of perspectives, leading the reader into the broader discussion through a history of social media,..

Finlayson traces their dispute from its inception in their earliest works to the 1995 exchange and its aftermath, as well as its legacy in contemporary debates...

"American Resistance" follows activists from the streets back to their congressional districts around the country...

Fong revitalizes two oft’ maligned psychoanalytic concepts, the death drive and the drive to mastery...

Neoliberalism is one of those fuzzy words that can mean something different to everyone...

In a 2001 poll, Turks ranked the United States highest when asked: "Which country is Turkey's best friend in international relations?"

Barstow explores the tension between Buddhist ethics and Tibetan cultural norms to offer a novel perspective on the spiritual and social dimensions of meat eating...

Sidman offers a systematic explanation for how political polarization relates to the electoral influence of federal spending...

Threatening Property examines the campaigns for residential segregation in early-20th century North Carolina...

How are notions of justice and equality constructed in Islamic virtue ethics (akhlaq)?

Kassab shows her readers that the demands for human dignity, freedom, and political participation had been robustly discussed by intellectuals in Syria and Egypt during the 1990s and 2000s...

Why would the Chinese Communist Party revive this former ritual? What powers lie in the symbolism of the “Golden Urn”?

Personalized healthcare―or what the award-winning author Donna Dickenson calls "Me Medicine"―is radically transforming our longstanding "one-size-fits-all" model...