Deanna MacNeil explores the pleasures of self-preservation in her poem, "The Thermodynamics of Comfort."
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The Return of Nature is a genealogy of ecological thinking. The word 'ecology' was not in common usage until the twentieth century, leading many to consider ecological thinking a fairly recent development. However, in this impressive...
150 years ago, on March 18, 1871, the poor and working class of Paris — referred to dismissively by contemporary French officialdom as “the vile multitude” — rose in rebellion. They disarmed the existing national guard and armed the...
More than a year after COVID-19 was first reported to the World Health Organization, the decade-defining pandemic has revealed deep structural flaws in the policy-making, scientific communication, and economic resilience of many nations...
The global COVID-19 pandemic has put enormous strain on the US healthcare system. This strain has underscored racial inequity in the allocation of healthcare resources, including public health infrastructure vital to pandemic response, and...
March 8, 2021 The Graduate’s Inbox By Isobel Duxfield (words) and Oliver Marr (artwork) Thank you for your application However, taking all into consideration, We regret to inform you that this time You’re not even past the starting line...
I first heard Professor Sir Michael Marmot speak at a Students for Global Health event at the University of Cambridge. He described how life expectancy is no longer increasing in the UK and the US, and that it is in fact declining for...
February 26, 2021 A Recipe for Inequality By Isobel Duxfield (words) and Oliver Marr (artwork) Place your global capitalist system, patriarchy, and structural racism in a bowl. Beat together well. At this point do not forget to add white...
Artist Susan Bietila depicts how chains and shackles follow the incarcerated all the way into the birthing room.
February 15, 2021 At the Checkout By Isobel Duxfield (words) and Oliver Marr (artwork) Today I’m working at the checkout While ‘rona keeps my life in doubt. This isn’t my usual Tuesday pew, But employed, I’m one of the lucky few. On the...