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From our latest article on the #WestBank: "What I didn’t expect was that Israel would feel like a country so much on edge, anxious about its safety and primed to defend itself." Subscribe to our new Substack newsletter, replacing our old email newsletter: inthefray.substack.com/p/str…
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I was quoted in a fascinating @WSJ piece by @jpinsk about passive income as the "new American dream." Why not bet on side hustles now that employment is increasingly precarious and our economy is becoming a winner-take-all casino? wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/pa… @ASAnews @VCUnews
From our latest article: "It’s 13:59. The intercity Bordeaux-Narbonne departs at 14:00. I have sixty seconds to decide whether or not to stay on the train. I reread the text I just received from my Airbnb host: 'I can’t receive you today, my apologies.'" inthefray.org/2025/08/tightr…
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I really enjoyed my conversation with the inimitable @soledadobrien for @matteroffacttv on the impacts of long-term unemployment, the rise of precarious work, and what we can do about it: youtu.be/tMcnr6EtFdo?si=UemF… @VCUnews @ASAnews @ucpress
Our latest article, on life in #Gaza amid war: "He wanted me to help him feel better, as we’ve all been so weary. One week before he was killed, we had a conversation about how our lives hang in the balance between life and death. I held him close." inthefray.org/2024/11/interv…
The misery of the work in #Amazon’s warehouses speaks to the hollowing out of the American dream, writes @inthefray editor @victortanchen.
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Deep dive on changes in Saudi Arabia @inthefray by @MissDiagnosis Qanta Ahmed, MD
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An essay by Qanta Ahmed, physician & author: "While there are no signs that Iran's government will reverse its repressive policies anytime soon, there were no obvious signs either, back in 2001, that Saudi Arabia was on the path to reforms" inthefray.org/2023/06/an-end… @MissDiagnosis
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I’m going to be on a #Harvard panel about “Race and Opportunity in America” on Saturday 9:45AM ET (live-streamed here: youtube.com/watch?v=VYM1kgBc…). Honored to be with @kwelkernbc @Johnson4Dallas & my other esteemed classmates for this #HarvardReunions event @HarvardAlumni @VCUnews
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My former student @BerylBland & I discuss "an economy of #grace" & other ideas from my book "Cut Loose" with Harvard philosopher Michael Sandel in this symposium on #meritocracy: journals.sagepub.com/toc/TRE… #VCUnstoppableInnovation @VCUresearch @ucpress @VCUnews @ASAnews @NickKristof
Our #creativecommons article by @chinyereosuji on the surging & inclusive fandoms for #Kdramas: "At a time when Covid was raging, this foreign-language tearjerker connected deeply with me, helping me to mourn. I was hooked" inthefray.org/2022/07/k-dram… @dramasoverflow @Kdramaticsclub
#CallForSubmissions: Submit #freelancewriting, #nonfiction, #commentary, #shortstories, #poetry, #documentaryphotography that speaks to the theme of reckonings. We raised our pay rates. inthefray.org/2022/06/call-f… #freelancewriter #WritingCommunity #litmags #submissions #photoessay
From our latest article: “These varied testaments to 3.11’s devastation are powerful, and yet equally affecting can be the signs of resilience—older trees and edifices that the tsunami left unharmed, inexplicably, to still stand on lone and level fields.” inthefray.org/2022/04/deep-s…
We are now publishing @creativecommons-licensed content that can be freely republished, starting with Cherise Fong's new piece on the lingering scars of #Japan's 2011 #tsunami: inthefray.org/2022/04/deep-s…
Research by Alice Quach at VCU examines how inequalities of class and race affected online learning during the early stages of the pandemic, when college campuses couldn't play their traditional equalizing role: inthefray.org/2022/02/colleg… @VCUnews @SociologyatVCU @ASAnews
From our latest piece: "I noticed how the men walked slowly, with measured steps, as if pacing themselves for the day ahead. Now I know why." inthefray.org/2021/12/high-h… #immigration Also, before 2021 ends, please make a tax-deductible donation to our volunteer-run nonprofit!
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: We're looking to publish writers, photographers, and artists with any work relating to this topic, broadly construed: Openings and Closings. inthefray.org/2021/11/call-f… #pandemic #freelancewriter #freelancewriting #freelancephotographer #freelancephotography
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My student @alicemquach & I wrote a piece for @DissentMag about how college campuses serve to level the playing field for their students--as the inequalities in remote learning during #pandemic lockdowns made all too clear dissentmagazine.org/article/… @VCUnews @ASAnews @SociologyatVCU