Yule, celebrated by Wiccans and many other Pagans in the Northern Hemisphere on Dec. 21, the day of the winter solstice, is a time for reflection.
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This isn’t the first time that US authorities have criminalized civil disobedience or framed grassroots organizing as a conspiracy.
When you’re an astronaut landing on the Moon, you can’t rely on the same gravitational cues we have on Earth. But regimented training with sensory devices could one day prevent spatial disorientation.
In minority faith groups that already face hate, women who have experienced harassment sometimes fear bringing negative attention to their community.
As more Americans step away from organized religion, so do more chaplains – but they are prepared to offer spiritual care regardless of a patient’s beliefs.
Practitioners of Pagan religions no longer need to go into a forest to find an object for their altars. Commercialization means that sacred objects are available online.
The lessons students learn from dissecting donor bodies go beyond anatomy – and they try to pay that gift forward.
Currents can carry that deep ocean heat hundreds of miles to surface again at distant shores.
Si la Grèce antique n’organisait pas de fête des Mères comme on le fait aujourd’hui, la maternité était bel et bien célébrée lors de festivités.
Recent generations of Jewish women have looked to reinvent rituals marking the most meaningful moments in their lives, especially childbirth and motherhood.
Greek epic poetry often uses mothers and wives to humanize its heroes, reminding listeners of the meaning of sacrifice.
We often talk about the American political landscape as if it were a line – Democrats on the left, Republicans on the right. Two political scientists say that view doesn’t reflect reality.
Can you run for president from a prison cell? One man did in the 1920 election and got almost a million votes.
Food forests are urban oases that pack a lot into small spaces, including food production, local cooling and social connections.
Native Americans are struggling to find sage for their spiritual practices as the plant is being overharvested for sale to the wider public.
Seorang ahli klasik Yunani awal menjelaskan apa yang disampaikan mitologi dewa cinta pembawa senjata, Cupid, anak dewa cinta dan perang, tentang kesenangan dan bahaya hasrat.
As the 20th century’s preeminent scholar-activist on race, W.E.B. Du Bois would not be surprised by modern-day attempts at whitewashing American history. He saw them in 1930s and 1940s.
America’s complicated history with race can be told through the lives and times of Black Americans, a view that some GOP-controlled state legislatures want to restrict, if not outright ban.
A classics scholar reflects on Greek myths and what they can help us understand about recreating relationships – as a bridge from our past to present selves.
What a ‘gig worker’ is remains ill-defined, which can suit employers. But the spread of the gig economy means more workers don’t have the same rights and protections as employees.
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Research Manager, Chaplaincy Innovation Lab, Brandeis University
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Samuel J. and Augusta Spector Professor of History and African and African American Studies, Brandeis University
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Visiting Senior Faculty Fellow, Ash Center for Democracy Harvard Kennedy School / Professor, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University
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Associate Research Scientist, Maurice & Marilyn Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies, Brandeis University
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Affliated Scholar at the Women's Studies Research Center, Brandeis University
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Professor of Classical Studies, Brandeis University
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University Professor and Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History, Brandeis University
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Professor of History, Brandeis University
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Research Associate, Brandeis University
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Director of the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, Brandeis University
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Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, Brandeis University
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, Brandeis University
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Associate Professor of Climate Science, Brandeis University
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Professor of American Studies, Brandeis University
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Research Scientist, Brandeis University
