Perspectives

Felicia Fulks, the Asa F. Seay Business Librarian (writing as Lecia Michelle), has created and published a book providing a vital four-week program for becoming an ally, supporting Black women and making a real difference in the racial justice fight.

No one in this affluent country should be working full-time yet find themselves falling further and further behind. A substantial raise for the workers of this country is long overdue, writes Mark Rank in The Hill.

As the justices prepare to reconsider affirmative action, we encourage them not to be content with mere unsubstantiated assertions but to examine the empirical reality: Diversity is not the enemy of excellence but its ally, writes the School of Law’s Kyle Rozema and co-authors.

Michelle Oyen, associate professor of biomedical engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering, discusses her research and her goals for the university’s new Center for Women’s Health Engineering, which she directs.

While Social Security faces challenges largely because of the retirement of the large baby boom population (born between roughly 1945 and 1964), the problems are surmountable, writes Tim McBride.

The School of Law’s Dan Epps, along with his colleague Will Baude at the University of Chicago, discuss in a Q&A the new Supreme Court term and “Divided Argument,” their podcast analyzing the nation’s highest court.

A recent podcast episode co-hosted by Arts & Sciences’ Abram Van Engen studies Lisel Mueller’s poem “When I am Asked” and examines how grief is explored through — and is a source of — artistic expression.

In a new book, Arts & Sciences’ Paul Steinbeck explores the innovations of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, an experimental jazz collective based in Chicago. He uncovers the group’s surprising rise to become international touring artists.

Graham A. Colditz, MD, DrPH, director of the Division of Public Health Sciences at the School of Medicine, writes an article extolling the physical and mental health benefits of spending time in parks and other outdoor spaces.

“This Civic Moment,” a podcast by the Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement, explains terms and rules that new voters should know ahead of this fall’s midterm elections.