A Film That Tests Assumptions About Race, Rape, and Power
Eileen G’Sell, lecturer in college writing, reviews “Test Pattern,” which she says chronicles a biracial courtship and coupledom as a means of probing larger power asymmetries.
Democrats’ police reform bill faces opposition in the Senate — but that’s only the first hurdle
Daniel Harawa, associate professor of law
In Oregon, Scientists Find a Virus Variant With a Worrying Mutation
Michael Diamond, MD, PhD, the Herbert S. Gasser Professor of Medicine
“We need to concentrate on getting the vaccine in as many arms as possible”: St. Louis experts discuss the road to herd immunity
Steven Lawrence, MD, associate professor of medicine
Crum analyzes voting rights case pending before Supreme Court
Travis Crum, of the School of Law, writes on the Election Law Blog about a major voting rights case that the Supreme Court heard this week, Brnovich v. DNC, and the questions it raises about how race and political party factor into the law being challenged.
These bacteria-gobbling immune cells help the body heal—but also cause surgical complications
Gwendalyn Randolph, the Emil R. Unanue Professor of Pathology and Immunology
Poem: Pale Colors in a Tall Field
Carl Phillips, professor of English
What the policing response to the KKK in the 1960s can teach about dismantling white supremacist groups today
David Cunningham, chair of sociology in Arts & Sciences, discusses 1960s KKK rallies and police crackdowns in this piece in The Conversation.
New Episode Of The Conners Asks: “How Much Covid-19 News Should Parents Talk To Their Kids About?”
Psychiatrist Jessica Gold discusses how to chat with your children about COVID-19 in this piece in Forbes.
Reflecting on Egypt’s Arab Spring at 10
Nancy Reynolds, associate professor in Arts & Sciences and a historian of the modern Middle East, writes about the 10th anniversary of what came to be known as the Arab Spring in Egypt and the need to “embrace analytical untidiness” and complexity to fully understand it.
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