Medical Anthropology Quarterly Archives

If hunger is moral purity, self-care a purchasable commodity, and wellness a stand-in for thinness, what does health really mean?

"Housing first” programs are helping cut homelessness in big ways. How significant is the link between mental illness and homelessness?

Although in-person voter fraud is close to nonexistent, it’s a big concern for many voters.

Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land” has lost a bit of its protest oomph—in part because of a decades-long denial of its later verses.

How can we help students understand George Floyd's death in the context of institutionalized racism?

Ten lessons from the past and steps we can take now to educate ourselves and our students about how to be a thoughtful consumer of information.

From battles to expand the franchise to the mysteries of turnout, voting is one of the most important things to understand about U.S. politics.

After a massive factory fire in 1911, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets to stage a "symbolic funeral."

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