History’s Other Odd Couple: Mark Twain and Helen Keller
Helen Keller and Mark Twain's unusual friendship.
The Obama Administration Tackles Seafood Fraud
In December, the Obama administration announced a wide-ranging plan to combat seafood fraud.
Word to your Mother (Tongue): Can Hip Hop Save Endangered Languages?
Hip hop is not only linguistically innovative, it helps preserve indigenous languages via oral tradition.
Legalizing Marijuana: Lessons from the Post-prohibition Era
The country's experience regulating alcohol after Prohibition may provide lessons regarding marijuana.
The Origins of Secret Swiss Bank Accounts
The uncovering the mystery and dispelling the myths of Swiss Bank Accounts
A Threat to “Traditional Marriage” in the 1920s
The view of "traditional marriage" has been under attack since long before anyone imagined state-sanctioned gay and lesbian unions
Can International Marine Reserves Save The Ocean?
The oceans may be on the verge of biological collapse, can international marine reserves save them?
Making the Middle East
Two scholarly perspectives on the making of the Middle East.
Eugenie Clark 1922-2015
Eugenie Clark, the oceanographer known as the "shark lady" has died at 92.
GMOs, Inequality and World Hunger
In a 2008 paper for the British Journal of Criminology, Reese Walters looked at GMO crops from an entirely different perspective.