Jeff Guhin
Asst Prof at UCLA Sociology: Theory, Religion, Schools, Culture, Ethnography. Finishing book on Muslim and Evangelical high schools. Former high school teacher.
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Elizabeth Warren’s Excellent Ideas | Current Affairs
<p>Warren is getting more specific than any other candidate, proposing some real solutions instead of empty rhetoric… </p>
Is Prison Necessary? Ruth Wilson Gilmore Might Change Your Mind
In three decades of advocating for prison abolition, the activist and scholar has helped transform how people think about criminal justice.
Being Christian in Western Europe
The majority of Europe’s Christians are non-practicing, but they differ from religiously unaffiliated people in their views on God, attitudes toward Muslims and immigrants, and opinions about religion’s role in society.
Students Arrested During Loyola Graduate Student Union Protest
Seven Loyola students part of a graduate student union protest were arrested Monday in front of Lewis Towers after staging a sit-in and blocking the
Mayor Pete, lay off the Pharisees!
(RNS) — 'Pharisee,' again? I hadn't thought of that word in decades. Until Mayor Pete ...
A thousand Indonesias at stake in one election
A rising tide of intolerance and identity politics could threaten the very foundations of Indonesia.
Indonesia in 'identity-defining' poll
Presidential candidates in the largest Muslim-majority nation have courted Islamic conservatives.
Claire Denis Talks to Barry Jenkins About Director Anxiety and Expectations
The French filmmaker’s approach to time and structure has long fascinated our interviewer, the American auteur of “Moonlight.”
1989 controversy raises questions about how Barr will redact Mueller report
Law professor Ryan Goodman tells Lawrence that in 1989, Barr refused to release a DOJ legal opinion, choosing to release a summary report instead. It was later revealed that Barr, according to Goodman, mischaracterized parts of the opinion in his...
Everyone’s Income Taxes Should Be Public
Disclosure of tax payments would make it easier to hold politicians accountable. It also would help to reduce fraud and economic inequality.
To achieve gender equality, it's time to blow up masculinity
In the workplace, we should observe a policy of radical equality for parents and indeed all caregivers
The University Is a Ticking Time Bomb
Treating nearly 75 percent of the professoriate as disposable is not sustainable.
‘Stop Sanders’ Democrats Are Agonizing Over His Momentum
Members of the party establishment who oppose Bernie Sanders have had discussions about how to handle his candidacy, while others warn of a schism within the party.
William Penn: A Life
William Penn: A Life
Book Talk & Signing: 6:00pm -7:30pm
Despite his exalted place at the top of City Hall, Penn himself remains a mystery to many Philadelphians. What led this son of famous war hero to the pacifist Quakers? How did a well-connected...
The Historical Revisionism of a Clash of Civilizations
Harrison Akins examines the false narrative of the "clash of civilizations" between the Christian and Islamic worlds.
David Brion Davis, Scholar of Slavery, Dead at 92
David Brion Davis, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian who documented the centrality of slavery in Western culture through a landmark trilogy that made him among the world's most respected and influential scholars, has died.
Natural History Museum Will Not Host Gala for Brazil’s President
The museum said that it was “deeply concerned” about renting the space for an event to honor someone whose environmental policies had been widely criticized.