Featured Projects

New Kid: The Integration of Woodberry Forest School

How democratic decisions can fail to reach the smaller corners of the nation

God’s Economics, Not Reaganomics: The Detroit Mix

God’s Economics, Not Reaganomics: The Detroit Mix

The art of bringing people together through music and faith at a time when the media declared Detroit a "dead" city

How Lyric Moves and Morphs: Qawwali Music in Pakistan

How Lyric Moves and Morphs: Qawwali Music in Pakistan

The significance of Qawwali in the everyday life of a Pakistani

The Divine Feminine in Hindu Ecology

The Divine Feminine in Hindu Ecology

How cultural context can lead to a more thorough understanding of the ecofeminist movement in South Asia

Słabe Jajko

Słabe Jajko

Sometimes we must remember precisely so that others may forget

New Kid: The Integration of Woodberry Forest School

How democratic decisions can fail to reach the smaller corners of the nation

God’s Economics, Not Reaganomics: The Detroit Mix

The art of bringing people together through music and faith at a time when the media declared Detroit a "dead" city

How Lyric Moves and Morphs: Qawwali Music in Pakistan

The significance of Qawwali in the everyday life of a Pakistani

The Divine Feminine in Hindu Ecology

How cultural context can lead to a more thorough understanding of the ecofeminist movement in South Asia

Słabe Jajko

Sometimes we must remember precisely so that others may forget

poetry

In the Halo of a Moment

In the Halo of a Moment

"A river-run boat is merely a mirror": Poet, philosopher, translator, and time-traveler Mira ji

Monuments

Freedom’s Hat

Freedom’s Hat

The U.S. Capitol Building's hidden connection to the antebellum debate over slavery.

Gentrification

Reid’s Records

Reid’s Records

The impact of gentrification on a Berkeley-based gospel record store.

Gospel

Barky’s

Barky’s

Barky's Spiritual Store stands as a testament to the enduring power of gospel music.

Art

The Art of Soviet Jewry Activism

The Art of Soviet Jewry Activism

The story of a forgotten student movement that helped galvanize thousands and transform the lives of millions

Food Justice

Strange Fruit: The Necroecology of Black Subsistence Farming

Strange Fruit: The Necroecology of Black Subsistence Farming

The agricultural wisdom of a community farm in Conetoe, North Carolina

Forgiveness

Together, Rwandan

Together, Rwandan

How one Rwandan organization is working to heal the wounds of the past to usher in a brighter future

poetry

The Fire at Paa ya Paa

The Fire at Paa ya Paa

Creating space for performance and innovation in a milieu increasingly defined by assassination, surveillance, and exile

Civil Rights

Desegregating the Dining Hall

Desegregating the Dining Hall

Even behind bars, the conscientious objectors imprisoned at Danbury worked for a more just world

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