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  • 16 Jun 2026
    Philip T. Hoffman

    Why Europe?

    Economic growth transformed human society, freeing us from a world where nearly everyone was mired in poverty and half of all kids died before adulthood. Life before growth remained tough even for the survivors of childhood disease.  The only exception were the select few rich enough to employ servants.  Everyone else had to haul water […]

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  • 11 Jun 2026
    Genevive Bjorn

    The Book I Wish Had on My Desk

    My first week of doctoral coursework at Johns Hopkins in 2017 came with four hundred pages of reading. The second week came with five hundred. I had been reading science for a living for a decade — as a journalist, a teacher, a writer — and by the middle of the term it was an […]

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  • 11 Jun 2026
    Jason Anderson, Suyog Dixit

    Translanguaging: A practical theory for learning in English language classrooms

    In our work with English language educators across the globe, we are frequently asked questions such as: How should different languages be used in the English classroom? How do we assess students fairly? and What approaches help to deepen understanding or critical thinking? In response to these and other questions, we find translanguaging theory useful […]

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  • 8 Jun 2026
    Robert Thomson, Christina J. Schneider

    Promises Made, Promises Kept?

    Politicians are notorious promise breakers. A British prime minister vows to cut net migration to the “tens of thousands,” only to discover that EU free‑movement rules, domestic demand for migrant labor, and global shocks keep the numbers high. A US president pledges to bring back manufacturing jobs, but global supply chains and trade rules blunt […]

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  • 4 Jun 2026
    Eleanor J. Giraud

    A Liturgy in the Making: Revising Medieval Dominican Chant

    Alleluia Pie pater dominice in the Dominican exemplar manuscript Rome, Santa Sabina, XIV L 1, f. 353v A new chant had been composed for St Dominic’s feast day. The scribe was stumped. He had been hired to copy the text of the first manuscript of the newly authorised Dominican liturgy; he knew that a new […]

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  • 3 Jun 2026
    Amy E. Black, Douglas L. Koopman

    Moving Away from Extreme Views of Religion and Politics: A Dynamic Civil Religion

    Extreme voices dominate the national public debate in America over the proper role of religion and politics. Christian nationalists call for Christianity to dominate politics and culture. At the other extreme, strict secularists seek to remove all religious influence in the public square. Unfortunate dynamics in American media coverage make it appear that these views […]

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  • 2 Jun 2026
    Erik Mortenson

    Who Was Allen Ginsberg and Why Does He Still Matter?

    When someone says the name “Allen Ginsberg”, any number of things immediately come to mind. Ginsberg was a celebrated US poet, and his work “Howl” is world famous. But he was also a noted activist. Not only did Ginsberg vehemently decry the war in Vietnam, but he was at the forefront of the battle against drug criminalization […]

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  • 26 May 2026
    John T. Harvey

    Fixing Our Economy

    Our economy doesn’t work for us and it hasn’t for a long time. Not only is it prone to periodic crises and breakdowns, but it is failing us in terms of addressing longer-term issues such as climate, elder care, and a living wage. This cannot be blamed solely on exogenous shocks or external social and […]

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