This video shows one full class recording from Dr. West’s course examining the philosophical history of W.E.B. DuBois, the towering Black scholar and great freedom fighter of the 20th Century. The course engages in close readings of Du Bois’ classic work, “The Souls of Black Folk” (1903) as well as subsequent essays in his magisterial ... Read more
Mountaintop removal is a type of surface coal mining practiced in Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee in which explosives are used to expose underlying coal seams. It is an extremely destructive form of mining that is destroying the landscape of Appalachia as well as causing health hazards for the people living there. Research investigator ... Read more
Animal welfare, shelter health and the care of shelter pets may look dramatically different in the future. Learn more from this recent podcast from Merck Animal Health featuring Dr. Jyothi Robertson, DVM, DABVP (Shelter Medicine) and Angela Baysinger, DVM, MS as they discuss animal welfare, shelters, and the community.
“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” — Leo Tolstoy Almost everyone has an opinion on what’s wrong with the world, yet few act to create change. What can we do in the midst of this chaos and confusion? We can change ourselves and change our hearts. In this ... Read more
As the housing crisis becomes more and more urgent, it can seem impossible to know where to start in solving the problem. This episode of the Factually podcast features an in-depth conversation between Adam Conover of Earwolf and Heather Worthington, Director of Long Range Planning for the city of Minneapolis, where they discuss her accomplishments ... Read more
Gitanjali 35 by Rabindranath Tagore WHERE THE mind is without fear and the head is held high; Where knowledge is free; Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls; Where words come out from the depth of truth; Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection; Where the clear ... Read more
The hole, the box, solitary confinement. It doesn’t matter what you call it; doing time in the SHU (Security Housing Unit) means you are alone and segregated from the general prison population. In this episode of the EarHustle podcast, we hear from four men who served between 8 and 28 years in the Security Housing ... Read more
Mass incarceration is becoming an increasingly vital topic in the political atmosphere of the United States, and for good reason. Here are the statistics: Currently the U.S. is the leader for incarceration in the world, with 698 out of every 100,000 residents imprisoned. This equates to 2.3 million people in 1,719 state prisons, 109 federal ... Read more
The lives of incarcerated people are denied many of the comforts that brought humanity to their daily lives pre-incarceration, and it is common to find new ways of coping with fellow inmates out of the denial of these comforts by the state. This episode of the EarHustle podcast explores the concept of “looking out”, as ... Read more
How We’re Priming Some Kids for College – And Others for Prison In the United States, two institutions guide teenagers on the journey to adulthood: college and prison. Sociologist Alice Goffman spent six years in a troubled Philadelphia neighborhood and saw first-hand how teenagers of African-American and Latino backgrounds are funneled down the path to ... Read more