The second of Kristina Marie Darling's essay series "Billed Into Silence."
Essays
Birth Plans: Who Are They for, Anyway?
Dr. Nana Matoba urges us to put babies front and center in birth plans.
Five Years After the Gezi Protests, the Legacy Lives On
On the five-year anniversary of Turkey's Gezi protests, Nick Ashdown describes how the "soul of Gezi" still exists in the country.
Rent Control Keeps Prices Down for Everyone. Why? Because the Housing Market Is Driven Primarily by Speculative Forces, Not Supply and Demand
Julian Smith-Newman makes the case for rent control as a solution to California's housing affordability crisis.
On Masculinity
The first of Kristina Marie Darling's essay series "Billed Into Silence."
The Drone and the Tunnel: How We Read Indigenous Stories Matters
Callum Angus considers the narrative strategies of two recent books, "Darwin's Ghosts" by Ariel Dorfman and Tommy Orange's "There There."
The Dangers of Secrecy in Egg and Sperm Donation
Angela Lawson outlines the potential problems with non-disclosure in egg and sperm donation.
The Face Behind the Case: Janus v. AFSCME, Dark Money, and the Future of Labor
Mansoor Khan on the impending Janus v. AFSCME decision and the fate of the labor movement.
Thoughts on Tenure and Free Speech from an Untenured Faculty Member
Michelle Falkoff argues that tenure preserves job security for those whose speech is most frequently under threat.
When Poetry is a Crime
Joanna Chen visits Dareen Tatour, who currently faces up to eight years in prison in Israel.
