Category: Culture
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Weekly E-book: Open Access and the Humanities
Humanities have been much slower than science to adopt open access, even at the university level. Martin Paul Eve considers why in out ebook of the week.
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Coming Out of the Shadows
Many eligible undocumented immigrants aren’t seeking deportation relief. Diana Anahi Torres-Valverde reports.
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Uber Claims Credit for Drop in Drunk Driving Accidents. But Where’s the Evidence?
Uber claims they’ve saved more than a thousand lives in the past year. But what’s their evidence? Ryann Grochowski Jones reports.
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Looking for an ATM I stumble upon a war crime: John Murphy’s Travels Among the Yezidi
On his way to find an ATM in the middle of nowhere, John Murphy discovers the real ugliness behind the ugliness in Kurdistan.
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Increase in Food Stamps Shows the Flipside of “Economic Recovery”
Census data finds 16 million kids relied on food stamps, higher than pre-recession levels
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Four Ways Music Strengthens Social Bonds
Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast — and so much more. Jill Suttie writes.
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Weekly E-Book: The Global Librarian
We bring you the latest in library science in our ebook of the week.
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The High Cost of Capitalism
The destructive component in capitalism’s ‘Creative Destruction’ is very high. Paul Craig Roberts writes.
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To Fast with the Elders of an Ancient Race – John Murphy’s Travels Among the Yezidi
John Murphy continues his mission in Kurdistan.
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Things I Did Not Write About in 2014, Part 2
More belated thoughts from Omar Willey about stuff from last year.
