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Approaching Social Repair in Appalachian Kentucky

Approaching Social Repair in Appalachian Kentucky

Seth D. Kaplan on the Necessity of Cultural Understanding When It Comes to Helping Distressed Neighborhoods

By Seth D. Kaplan | November 13, 2023

What Rituals Across Cultures Reveal About the Human Condition

What Rituals Across Cultures Reveal About the Human Condition

Dimitris Xygalatas on the Healing Properties of Risky Behavior

By Dimitris Xygalatas | September 14, 2022

The Pervasive Problem—and Far-Reaching Impact—of Tree Poaching

The Pervasive Problem—and Far-Reaching Impact—of Tree Poaching

Lyndsie Bourgon on the Theft of Our Deepest Connection to History

By Lyndsie Bourgon | June 22, 2022

On the Culinary Americanization of First-Generation Immigrants

On the Culinary Americanization of First-Generation Immigrants

Priya Fielding-Singh Considers Narratives of Dietary Acculturation and Cultural Tension

By Priya Fielding-Singh, PhD | November 19, 2021

How Christian Leaders Made the Case for the Crusades as an Act of... Love?

How Christian Leaders Made the Case for the Crusades as an Act of... Love?

Richard Firth-Godbehere on Saint Augustine's Exception to "Thou Shalt Not Kill"

By Richard Firth-Godbehere | November 18, 2021

Roy Peter Clark on How to Write Cinematically

Roy Peter Clark on How to Write Cinematically

“It is the way we see.”

By Roy Peter Clark | October 1, 2021

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