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Conservatives Don’t Like Sociology. Many Sociologists Don’t Either.
3+ hour, 7+ min ago (1247+ words) The president of the major sociology association, Shelley Correll, had just taken the stage at the discipline’s big annual conference in New York City on Sunday when a few dozen sociologists began chanting “Free Palestine” and unfurled a banner. The…...
Now for Sale at Christie’s: Art by People Who Work at Christie’s
3+ hour, 56+ min ago (1243+ words) Good morning. It’s Friday. Today we’ll look at a sale of art by people who usually help sell art — art handlers, client service representatives and product developers at Christie’s. We’ll also get details on a possible guilty plea to the…...
As They Read Their Vows, Orange Ash Dusted Their Hair
1+ week, 9+ hour ago (1110+ words) “I wouldn’t say ‘envy’ is the right word,” he said, for the feeling that tugged at him while shooting couples who looked deliriously in love. But “it was getting to the point where I was just, like, there’s so many…...
Real Success Academy! All 8th graders at Harlem charter school pass ‘advanced’ history exam
2+ week, 4+ day ago (801+ words) This Success Academy really lived up to its name. Every eighth-grader at the Success AcademyHarlem West Middle charter school passed an “Advanced Placement” world history exam that is typically only taken by high-performing high school students. Of the 47 eighth graders…...
Texas Has a New Way to Teach History: In Chronological Order
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (885+ words) In most states, students in elementary and middle school learn about history in much the same way. Local and state history is often taught in fourth grade, for example. U.S. history is common in fifth grade. Some world history and geography,…...
Art Galleries Are Not OK
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (492+ words) I’ve spent nearly 30 years in the art world. For half that time I led Art Basel, the global art fair now staged five times a year — in Miami Beach; Paris; Hong Kong; Doha, Qatar; and, this week at its namesake…...
Edgar Morin, ‘Grandfather’ of French Intellectuals, Dies at 104
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1300+ words) Edgar Morin, a French sociologist, anthropologist, ecologist, philosopher and filmmaker whose work spanned epochs and disciplines, dazzling his countrymen with his erudition and life lessons learned in the Resistance, died on Friday in Paris. He was 104. Mr. Morin’s death was…...
London Prepares for Rival Protests, With a Major Security Effort
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (522+ words) Tens of thousands of protesters are expected to gather in the British capital on Saturday for two contrasting rallies, prompting the London police to put in place what they called an “unprecedented” security operation. “The scale of the operation is…...
Paul Ehrlich, 1932-2026
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (454+ words) Stanford professor Paul Ehrlich made his name as the author of “The Population Bomb,” a 1968 book that shaped the way many in his generation thought about demographics. He died on Friday at age 93, having lived long enough to see the…...
‘The Copenhagen Test’ twists itself into knots answering a question: Who can you trust?
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (775+ words) Most things in this world have their good points and their not-so-good points, and this is certainly true of âThe Copenhagen Test,â a science-fiction spy story about a man whose brain has been hacked. Without his knowing it,…...