Complicated Identities: Adopted Characters in Literature Michelle Delgado Art & Literature, Arts & Culture, Society & Culture A counterpart to the nonfiction stories and blogs that have flooded the web, literary representations of adoption raise important questions in the broader conversation about social identity and...
Language Schools: Trojan Horses for Political Agendas Calvin Ho Education, Politics, Politics & Economics, Society & Culture With Mandarin’s newfound popularity among non-Chinese, the long-standing political tensions between China and Taiwan has a new battleground—with language students caught in the crossfire.
Your Rolodex Matters: But By How Much Depends on your Gender Lily Fang Economics, Politics & Economics, Society & Culture This piece is published in partnership with INSEAD’s Knowledge blog, a leading online magazine engaged with innovative ideas about the business world.
Biosociality: Where Diagnosis Intersects with Community Colin Halverson Medicine, Science & Medicine, Society & Culture In my work on rare diseases, I once met a young woman with an as-yet unnamed genetic disorder. She told me that, on Facebook, she had recently befriended someone living on the other side of the globe who had...
How Should We Define “Best Picture?” Benjamin Winterhalter Art & Literature, Arts & Culture, Philosophy, Society & Culture There’s no surer reminder of the gap between insider opinion and popular taste than Oscar night.
On Anti-Blackness, Our Silence, and the Mythology of Modern Law: What the Adoption Community Should Know Kit Myers Society & Culture What does Ferguson (and all of the other deaths) mean for our supposedly “post-racial” society?
“Do Not Fear Mistakes:” Meet the Artists Behind “Signal Strength,” the NYC WiFi Orchestra Chris Shimojima and Lev “Ljova” Zhurbin Art & Literature, Arts & Culture, Music, Society & Culture Statements from the filmmaker and composer behind “Signal Strength,” one of the most exciting compositions of the year.
