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‘The Good Place’: Good Show, Bad Ethics

Glenn McLaren
Society & Culture, Uncategorized
My daughter and I have been watching a US TV series over the summer called ‘The Good Place’. We enjoy it and find it one of the funniest and cleverest comedies we have seen for some time. What makes it...

“No-Tell Motels”: Abortion in Pre-Roe South Carolina

Cara Delay, Nursing Clio, Cora Webb, Nursing Clio, Regina Day, Nursing Clio and Madeleine Ware, Nursing Clio
Science & Medicine, Society & Culture
“Charleston was the place to come before Roe v. Wade, for abortions.” Reminiscing about illegal abortion in South Carolina in the 1960s and early 1970s, this woman in her 60s, an oral history narrator,...

The long history of separating families in the US and how the trauma lingers

Jessica Pryce, The Conversation
Politics & Economics, Society & Culture
During the last few weeks, hundreds of families have been separated, following the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy towards illegal immigrants. Even though the separations have reportedly...

Where is the Internet Headed?

Solana Larsen, LSE Business Review
Science & Medicine, Society & Culture
Over the past few months, you’ve almost certainly heard someone lament the state of the internet. It might have been a friend or family member, who learned the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica breach was...

Prison Cells and Pretty Walls: Gender Coding and American Schools

Jennifer Borgioli Binis, Nursing Clio
Education, Gender Studies, History, Society & Culture
A few months ago, I was scrolling through Twitter and saw a conversation about redesigning classroom spaces and a phrase caught my attention: “redesign is NOT about being pretty for Pinterest.” As someone...

Bad Guests? On the Role of House Visits in Aid Delivery in Urban Jordan

Ann-Cristin Wagner, LSE Middle East Centre
Politics & Economics, Society & Culture
When I meet Abu Eisa, a well-established cook, he is busy preparing meals for poor Syrians for the first iftar of Ramadan. His hometown, Mafraq, a Jordanian border town close to Zaatari camp, is among the...

Why We’re in Such a Frenzy About Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

Amy Laskowski, Futurity
Arts & Culture, News, Society & Culture
The wedding of Meghan Markle and Britain’s Prince Harry this weekend will mark a huge break from tradition for the royal family. Markle, best known for her role on the TV show Suits, is American-born,...
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