So in my COMM4500 class we are talking about consumerism

All semester, we’ve been talking about poverty — how to research it and then write about it. You can see the students’ work here. I’m just real happy with what the students have discovered and uncovered (and if that blog gets 10,000 views, I’m buying pizza). We’re talking about fast fashion this week and among …

Say “love” with a union label

Here are some union companies that make things that make Valentine’s Day just a little sweeter. Enjoy. And will you be my Valentine?

Don’t sign it, Asa

The Arkansas legislature has passed to Gov. Asa Hutchinson a “religious freedom” law similar to the one that has caused the uproar in Indiana and elsewhere. Gov. Hutchinson is a 1972 graduate of Bob Jones University, the ultra-conservative institution of higher learning whose policies (and graduates) would be funny if they weren’t so very sad. …

Women are smarter than men

Or, at least, women make groups smarter, according to a series of MIT/Union studies that were written up in the New York Times and The Atlantic Monthly. From one report: In two studies with 699 people, working in groups of two to five, we find converging evidence of a general collective intelligence factor that explains …

It’s Labor Day! Time for a picnic!

But even more, it’s time to remember the history of Labor Day, which didn’t begin as a heavy-travel day, or a time when we stretch out summer by 24 hours, or a good day to shop the sales. If you’re doing any of those things, good on you, but make sure you take the time …