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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
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
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
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
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
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…6 months, 1 week ago
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
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
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
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