In criminal interrogation, interrogators often ask questions and interpret the responses in such a way as to confirm guilt.

One scholar sees the toaster as a symbol of a modernized, industrialized society—the culprit of bread’s mechanization and a perpetrator of assimilation.

While children will undoubtedly counter myriad difficulties as they navigate life--and it does them a disservice to pretend otherwise--exposure is a double edged sword.

According to one scholar, we're inundated with ways to pursue pleasure, which we conflate with happiness, to our own detriment.

In 2004, two researchers analyzed the New York Times obit section between 1977 and 2002 in an attempt to understand how the obituary section portrayed American librarians.

How social work embodies its commitment to social justice has always been fluid. The history of the profession fluctuates between a focus on system and individual social problems.

Unlike shamrock pins and green beer, Guinness drinking really is a longstanding tradition in Ireland.

Fred Rogers argued by example and in his quiet, firm way that television’s power could be harnessed to shape future generations for good.

Anthropologist Elsa Davidson found at a Silicon Valley high school serving “at-risk” Latino and Southeast Asian kids that there are some complicated obstacles to careers in tech.

Over a week and a half starting on March 1st, 1968, more than 10,000 students in mostly Chicano schools took part in what became known as the East Los Angeles School Blowouts.