| Oct 9, 2019 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyMy campus, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is in an uproar over a video to promote the school’s homecoming that features no students of color. We are one of the whitest schools in the country, but we are not unique in having a race problem. In that regard,...
| Jul 24, 2019 | Rights / DemocracyI went to graduate school thinking I was straight. Then I realized I wasn’t. I came out of the closet almost two years ago, right after deciding to do my graduate research in Montana. Suddenly, I had an extra consideration on my plate: What would it be like to be gay...
| Jul 17, 2019 | Rights / DemocracyAs I navigate life as a queer disabled woman, I frequently think of Yale political scientist James C. Scott’s concept of the “weapons of the weak.” Scott poses that while we usually think of resistance as overt, organized protests or rebellions,...
| Jun 26, 2019 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAs the Fourth of July rolls around, I think plenty of us are eager for barbecues, corn on the cob, watermelon, and fireworks, but our feelings about our country are somewhat more complicated. How do you love and celebrate a country that’s so obviously flawed? A...
| Jun 18, 2019 | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedThe satirical website McSweeney’s recently published a piece called “My Coming Out Story, Sponsored by Bank of America.” Anyone who has been to an LGBTQ Pride celebration (or seen Pride-themed ads on Facebook) will immediately get it: Corporations are falling over...
