Perspectives

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.

Given that research shows workforce diversity helps companies boost profits, it’s surprising to me that more leaders don’t take this approach. The alternative is letting a false narrative that imperils their growth go unchallenged, writes Adia Harvey WIngfield.

Missouri employers can become global leaders in offering benefits packages that provide paid new child leave and ensure their continued competitiveness in an ever-globalizing labor market, writes PhD student Nicole Strombom.

The people of Hong Kong face a dynamic future as residents of the greatest business center of the Asia-Pacific region. Young people have enormous opportunities to participate in the city’s future growth as China’s window to global capital, writes David Meyer.

Hideo Kojima’s action RPG, Death Stranding (2019), reflects the emotional challenges of parenting. It resists easy answers to these challenges, writes Gabrielle Kirilloff.