A new book of Edward Gorey’s drawings shows what’s lost when the artist’s sexuality is glossed over
Rather than limiting the understanding of his work, accounting for Gorey’s queerness invites viewers of his art and readers of his work into deeper communion with the artist – and themselves, writes Liz Wolfson.
Opinion: The remarkable contributions of an American university
The dynamic and creative quality of the United States is in no small part the result of the dynamism of its colleges and universities. Most of this research is neither left nor right, red nor blue, but in the interest of all Americans and the country as a whole. To lose its vitality and effectiveness would be nothing short of a national tragedy, writes Mark Rank.
From Kent State to L.A.: Echoes of a Dark Past in Protest Crackdown
Trump’s decision to deploy the National Guard against anti-deportation protesters is sadly familiar after other attacks on the First Amendment, writes Greg Magarian.
Is Restructuring the Answer?
Joel Seligman discusses Stephen H. Legomsky’s radical call for restructuring the American republic.
Violence Against Jews Is About More Than Left or Right
The rise of identity politics and a growing taste for transgression have eroded the taboo against antisemitism across the political spectrum, writes Mark Oppenheimer.
Your left and right brain hear language differently − a neuroscientist explains how
Hysell Oviedo, the Roger M. Perlmutter Career Development Assistant Professor of Biomedical Research
In attacking ‘disparate impact,’ Trump turns civil rights upside-down
By attacking disparate impact theory, Trump not only signals that the persistent racial inequalities still visible in American society do not concern him, he is also showing that he intends to gut the very civil rights laws that were meant to dismantle those inequalities, writes Pauline Kim.
Introducing ‘The Eye: A Medical Humanities Podcast’
“The Eye,” a new medical humanities podcast hosted by WashU’s Rebecca Messbarger, recently launched on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
3 ways the government can silence opinions it disagrees with, without using censorship
The current actions of the Trump administration show how government can silence speakers without censoring them, writes Gregory Magarian.
Like today’s selfie-takers, Walt Whitman used photography to curate his image – but ended up more lost than found
When I read and study Walt Whitman’s poetry, I often imagine what he would’ve done if he had a smartphone and an Instagram account, writes doctoral student Trevin Corsiglia.
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