News: Culture & Society
Pinot Noir and dignity needs
April 9, 2021In a memorable scene from the 2004 movie Sideways, one of the main characters describes his love for Pinot Noir, emphasizing its delicacy as a […]
In-demand skills for today’s global affairs graduates
April 7, 2021Handwashing without WASH and lockdowns without toilets: critical contradictions amid COVID-19
March 22, 2021When COVID-19 became a global pandemic, frequent handwashing, lockdowns, and social distancing were quickly prescribed to control spread and limit new infections. Among these measures, […]
Their deaths shame us all: neoliberalism, COVID-19, and the banality of evil
March 16, 2021In late March 2020, as the potential scale of the COVID-19 epidemic became clear, a televised conversation unfolded between Fox News host Tucker Carlson and […]
The image and failure of white feminism
March 9, 2021When you work as a writer in various media, you learn to develop your content with a visual element in mind: you hire an illustrator […]
China proposes teaching masculinity to boys as state is alarmed by changing gender roles
March 5, 2021Associate Professor of Politics Joshua Eisenman comments on China’s new proposal to teach masculinity to boys in an NBC News article. “What concerns me most about this […]
Integral human development: A brief history
March 5, 2021Sometimes documents and phrases need to find their moment. When the Declaration of Independence was published in 1776, it made few ripples. Copies were lost; […]
A relational understanding of human development
February 11, 2021Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs has taken the promotion of integral human development as the framework that shapes its research and education programs. […]