Thinking About Homelessness
Thinking about homeless requires separating it from the larger discourse on poverty.
Self-Immolation, In Theory and In Practice
The self-immolator does not seek merely to die, but to die horribly, in such a way that others will be compelled to take notice.
The Hedgehog’s Array: December 5, 2014
Posted on December 5, 2014
Noteworthy reads from last week.
There Goes the Neighborhood
Posted on December 4, 2014
Image: Small Kansas town at evening; Wikimedia Commons.
For Marc J. Dunkelman, the verdict is clear: “The township, in essence, is dying.”
Reflections on Sexual Assault and Its Contemporary Cultural Context
Like everyone in this community, I read the Rolling Stone story about the violent gang rape at the University of Virginia’s Phi Kappa Psi fraternity with profound sadness and indignation.
Law and Violence
Missouri’s flawed use-of-force law was in place long before the day Darren Wilson shot and killed Michael Brown.