10 Lessons From an Office of Public Scholarship, 3 Years In

For any institutions that are considering launching an office of public scholarship (or something like it, as this can go by many names—another lesson I’ve learned!), I heartily recommend investing in this work as a service to your scholars and to your communities beyond campus, writes Christopher Schaberg.

Our young people are sending us a message. Are we listening?

Teen takeovers are not simply acts of defiance. They may also be telling us that too many young people are searching for connection, purpose, and the warmth of a village they have yet to experience, writes Dennis W. Boyd, Jr.

Foster care, in CT and elsewhere, is getting a bad rap

There is no doubt that foster care sometimes falls short. But rhetoric from both ends of the political spectrum – calling non-relative placements ‘stranger care’, dismissing residential settings as unnecessary, and claiming children are removed because of poverty — is both inaccurate and counterproductive, writes Sarah Font.

How Amazon workers made glamour a form of protest

People need beauty and pleasure – and, yes, even glitz – to make life worth living. Events like Ball Without Billionaires seem to usher in a new chapter in activism – one in which solidarity might also be forged in stilettos, writes Eileen G’Sell.
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