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The Final Frontier: Obama is Spock!

From an article at Salon… “I am a first-generation ‘Star Trek’ fan, and I’ve long argued that many of my deepest political convictions emerged from my experience of watching the… READ MORE

Is Judaism sexy? Ask the Rabbi!

Reverent, Relevant, Rebellious Rabbi Is Judaism sexy? Ask the rabbi—as long as the rabbi is Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg, editor of The Passionate Torah: Sex and Judaism (New York Univ., June)…. READ MORE

An Introduction to Biocriminology

Longer than our usual posts, this article from the Chronicle of Higher Education looks at the emerging field of Biocriminology. One of the leading scholars quoted in the article is… READ MORE

Racial Hoaxes & Our Fears

Katheryn Russell-Brown, author of The Color of Crime (2nd ed., ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ 2008), in an op-ed for the Orlando Sentinel, writes about the largely unnoticed trends in racial hoaxes among… READ MORE

Latino (Voter) Spin

Arlene Davila, author of Latino Spin: Public Image and the Whitewashing of Race, takes a look at the way popular culture changes its perceptions of Latino values to suit its… READ MORE

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