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Lab Dog with Brad Bolman
Lab Dog with Brad Bolman

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Brad Bolman. 2025. Lab Dog: What Global Science Owes American Beagles. University of Chicago Pre…

5 months, 3 weeks ago

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How dark money shapes the vernaculars of the culture war with Isaac Kamola
How dark money shapes the vernaculars of the culture war with Isaac Kamola

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A lesson on dark money influence in campus culture wars

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Isaac Kamola. Spring 2025. Understanding …

5 months, 4 weeks ago

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Scopes and the creationists with John K. Wilson

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From a student of Saul Bellow and Barack Obama.

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John K Wilson. August 2025. “100 Years Ago, the S…

6 months ago

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Beware of FIRE (and institutional neutrality) with Mary Anne Franks

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On the rightwing origins of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression.

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Mary Anne Franks…

6 months ago

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Looting, murder, and the evolution of American archaeology with Rachel Morgan

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ft. Geronimo, both Roosevelt presidents, Franz Boas, and the phrenologists

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Rachel Morgan. 2024. S…

6 months, 1 week ago

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The university’s creditors with Sofya Aptekar
The university’s creditors with Sofya Aptekar

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On hedge funds, private equity, and the financialization of public colleges.

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The Coalition Agains…

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How universities created NPR and PBS with Josh Shepperd

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How public universities gave rise to public media

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Josh Shepperd. 2023. Shadow of the New Deal: Th…

6 months, 2 weeks ago

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The campus bookstore racket with Katya Schwenk

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Does your campus use B&N Education or Follett?

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Katya Schwenk. September 10, 2025. “How Wall Stree…

6 months, 2 weeks ago

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The 1980s anti-apartheid movement with David Busch

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On blood money and “the moral costs of an elite education.”

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David S. Busch. 2025. Disciplining De…

6 months, 3 weeks ago

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Can the university be decolonized? with Sandy Grande

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Can US colleges be decolonized?

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Sandy Grande. 2018. “Refusing the University.” Free PDF.Sandy Gra…

6 months, 3 weeks ago

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