Perspectives

American womanhood is not what it used to be. A larger portion of women see themselves and are seen by others differently than was the case in the early 1970s, writes Linda Nicholson.

In a new book, “Hip-Hop Is History,” the DJ, producer and Roots drummer explores the evolution of the genre he helped build, writes G’Ra Asim.

Michelle Oyen, director of WashU’s Center for Women’s Health Engineering, co-writes an article about studying, and improving, preterm birth outcomes by understanding the mechanics involved.

Although business students usually learn about social responsibility, they generally don’t learn about the causes of government gridlock and political polarization, or how to deal with divisive social issues, writes Jackson Nickerson.

The ICC — an independent, permanent judicial institution whose only mandate is to pursue the worst international crimes — must be left alone to do its work free from interference or threats, writes Leila Sadat.

Joshua Douglas’s sterling new book examines the most important Supreme Court cases on voting rights in the last 50 years and how we can correct this “hard turn toward anti-democracy,” writes Travis Crum.

John Powers, in Arts & Sciences at Washington University, takes part in a podcast about his recent book, “Technology and the Making of Experimental Film Culture,” which explores how the Bolex camera and other small-gauge media technologies provided the infrastructure for experimental filmmaking at the height of its cultural impact.

Art historian Nathaniel B. Jones, in Arts & Sciences, explores the artwork Laocoon at the Vatican Museums and the different perspectives that viewers may gain when visiting a sculpture in person rather than through a two-dimensional image or written text.

Nancy E. Berg, professor of Hebrew language and literature

In my new book “The Random Factor,” I explain why of the five major U.S. team sports – basketball, football, baseball, hockey and soccer – the one with the greatest amount of luck involved in wins and losses is hockey, writes Mark Rank.