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In the past, the European social sciences labelled and discredited knowledge that did not conform to their own definition of scientific knowledge as an alternative kind of knowledge, as 'indig

Twenty years ago it was impossible to imagine the president of the United States embracing same-sex marriage or Bruce Jenner transitioning to Caitlyn Jenner, an open transgender woman.

The harmful side of even relatively benign technology is plain to see, but is hardly ever discussed.

A long drive across Chile's Atacama desert, traversing "the worn-out puzzle" of a broken family-a young man's corrosive intimacy with his mother, the obtrusive cheer of his abse

Many hospice social workers must address spiritual issues with their clients, but do not feel competent to do so effectively.

Domesticity gets a bad rap. We associate it with stasis, bourgeois accumulation, banality, and conservative family values.

To the average investor, playing the market seems like a high-stakes, high-risk gamble, with success tied almost wholly to luck.

The essay is rhizomatic: it builds off and shoots out conversations between us every time we read, reread, or write.

From one of the authors of Basic Patterns of Chinese Grammar comes Speak and Read Chinese, a simple, fun guide that helps language learners remember essential Chinese characters.

Anthony Cardenales was a stickup artist in the Bronx before spending seventeen years in prison. Today he is a senior manager at a recycling plant in Westchester, New York.

In Captured, U.S.

This groundbreaking anthology offers a broad and representative introduction to some of the most exciting, fresh voices on the contemporary poetry landscape by gathering together generous selection

Gravity Changes is a collection of fantastical, off-beat stories that view the quotidian world through the lens of the absurd.

While the Obama Administration's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) has expanded health care coverage for millions of Americans, it has fallen short in offering universal health

With a nation seemingly more divided than ever, many worry that Americans risk losing ground on solving the complex, interrelated problems the country faces-including rising inequality, the specter