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Is the western understanding of mental health and mental illness necessarily the best understanding?

In D.C.'s Museum of the Bible, there's an artifact that might change the way you think about slavery and Christianity. It's called the Slave Bible.

In November, Utah voters made medical marijuana legal with a ballot measure. However, legislation is already underway to restrict it.

We may think that having a livable climate and earth is a moral right, but should it be a constitutional one?

In the light of recent demonstrations at DePauw University, this article deconstructs the school's handbook and protest policy to better understand what these new rule mean for students on campus.

In the wake of the mass murder at a Pittsburgh synagogue, this article explores Secondary Antisemitism as a form of erasure of the struggles of jewish people and its connection to this attack.

Men in power are used to getting their way through tactics like rhetoric.

In the wake of several deaths of public figures, the question of romanticism of the deceased seems to be appearing. Do we as a society treat people better after they die, even if we disagreed with them during their lives?

Voting used to be a dangerous process, but is it now too controlled?

Border Patrol policies have funneled migrants from Mexico to some of the harshest terrain on the border. Who is morally responsible for their deaths?

The moral quandary of chimpanzee personhood opens up many questions about our views on animal rights and capabilities.

A new book answers a contentious question: just how much has the Enlightenment improved the world?

In 2018, the average American is predicted to eat over 200 pounds of meat. But will changes in the type of meat we eat have an effect on our greater food system?

As DePauw University prepares for one of its biggest party weekends of the year, what impact do such weekends have on alcohol's role in the school's culture?

DePauw has recently taken stronger measures to curb hard alcohol use on campus. But how effective will these measures be?

A future of self-driving cars seems closer than ever. But will our cars be designed to make ethical decisions for us?

Continuing police reform raises the question of just what communities expect from the police, and how to balance justice with community protection.

This post originally appeared September 29, 2015. In Part One of this two-part post on the moral importance of providing children with diverse books, I concluded that white authors need to write about non-white characters, or else they gravely falsify the “reality” presented in their stories. We don’t live in an all-white world. We don’t … Continue reading "Diversity in Children’s Books: A White Author’s Quandary (Part II)"

This post originally appeared September 22, 2015. For the first time in census history, the majority of children living in the United States are now children of color. But the vast majority of children living within the pages of American children’s books are white. According to the Cooperative Children’s Book Center of the University of … Continue reading "Diversity in Children’s Books: A White Author’s Quandary (Part I)"

How Was Your Smartphone Made? Nobody Really Knows (Wall Street Journal) by Geoffrey A. Fowler “The more I ask about my phone’s roots in African mines and Asian assembly lines, the more uncomfortable I become. My phone might have supported forced labor or warlords.” Indiana Governor Stunned by How Many People Seem To Have Gay … Continue reading "What We’re Reading: July 14, 2016"