Category Archives: Violence

An Open Letter to My Grandchildren

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Dear Dean and Mona,   At four years old and ten months old, you are both too young to understand why the grown-ups around you keep talking about confusing words like “deeply flawed candidates” and “misguided pollsters.” But sooner than I’d like, the realities of yesterday’s vote will begin affecting

Bullying, Citizenship, Cooperation, Current Issues, Disability, Donald Trump, Education, Feminism, Grandchildren, Grandparents, Hillary Clinton, Immigration, Islamophobia, Latino/as, Othering, Politics and society, Preconceived assumptions, Prejudice, Presidential election, Racism, Schools, Social justice, Teachers, Violence, Women, Women's activism, Women's issues Read more

A Tale of Two Chins

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Cell phones . . . couches . . . gyms and community centers . . . archaeologists of the future will unearth countless artifacts and buildings that will testify to the nature of our lives as social creatures. Recently, anthropologists have argued for evidence of a different sort that tells a

Archaeology, Biological anthropology, Cooperation, Humans as a social species, Violence Read more