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Beyond Zero-Tolerance: How Rights Violations Follow Migrant Children Past the Border
Ivón Padilla-Rodríguez on how migrant youth are denied aspects of childhood like guarantees to educational access and protection against labor exploitation.
Art Inside: Does Art Contribute to Restorative Justice?
In her newest "Art Inside" column, Annie Buckley asks her students whether art can contribute to restorative justice.
America’s Cool Modernism: American Art at the Ashmolean, Oxford
A recent exhibition in Oxford inspires a reflection on how "cool" is a distinctly American trait and the impact of America's cool modernism art movement.
Short Skirts and Flying Chopsticks: Revisiting the “Worst” Essay on Korea, 10 Years Later
Colin Marshall revisits Gabe Hudson's famously bad "Urban Seoul" and discusses Reif Larson's recent New York Times essay "Finding Yourself in Los Angeles."
Campus Culture Wars and the Future of American Community
William Egginton reflects on the importance of a true liberal arts education.
All About the Body: A Conversation Between Jo Ann Beard and Sandra Gail Lambert
Jo Ann Beard interviews Sandra Gail Lambert about her new memoir-in-essays, "A Certain Loneliness."
Partisan Conflict Separate from the Policy: Talking to Frances Lee
Andy Fitch interviews Frances Lee, author of "Insecure Majorities: Congress and the Perpetual Campaign."
On Lawrence Weschler’s Convergences: When Life Imitates Art
A fan of Lawrence Weschler's convergences, Kerry Folan discovers a moments in her own history when life imitated art.
From Free Shoes to Shoulder Surgery: How Randomistas are Changing Our World
Andrew Leigh discusses how randomized trials, performed by "randomistas," help us understand the world.
