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by Lorinda Cramer, Deakin University
Blues singer Gladys Bentley was a dazzling star of the Harlem Renaissance, a period in the 1920s and ’30s...
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In May 2023, renowned Black American writer Ta-Nehisi Coates spent ten days in the West Bank and Israel,...
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by John Hawkins, University of Canberra
Lucky Loser tells the story of Donald Trump’s less-than-stellar business career and how he was able to...
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by Alexander Howard, University of Sydney
“Donald was pissed. Boy, was...
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by Dennis Altman, La Trobe University
As critics line up to suggest Kamala Harris is unqualified to be President of the United States one...
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by Lisa Featherstone, The University of Queensland
What happens to individuals, families and communities when someone has an affair?
When journalist and writer...
by Andrew C. Hughey, Esq. In his novel The Lincoln Professor, former student affairs administrator (and my former professional client at the University of Pittsburgh), Dennis E. Donham, deals with deadly serious issues currently plaguing our college campuses—sexual assault and alcohol abuse.
Have you heard about….? Those are four words that are music to your ears. You hear them, and you lean in close because you know you’re about to hear something too juicy to ignore, something too cool to avoid, something you absolutely must know. Gossip is fun and you love hearing it—until you’re on the receiving end. And in the new book “Rumor Central” by Reshonda Tate Billingsley, one tattle-tale finds her tail in a bunch of trouble.
by Terri SchlichenmeyerFor New Pittsburgh Courier Sitting around all summer would’ve been so wrong. And that’s why you found a job that year between classes. No more parental hand-outs, no more wearing clothes your mom bought you, no more borrowing the car. With your own job, you had your own money to buy your own things, maybe help out at home, or sock some away.
You’re a kid who knows right from wrong. When you were little, your parents helped you understand what was good and what was not. Once you got bigger, you could see when something wasn’t fair and you remember how much you hated that.
