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In case anyone missed it, last week Brown University announced the findings of its commission to investigate the debt of the university to slave labor. Initiated by University President, Ruth Simmons, who is herself the great-granddaughter of slaves, the committee found that the institution’s early financial support depended on the proceeds of slave labor. As …
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No, not National Parks (though they seem to be for sale to loggers and oil companies these days), but Rosa Parks. It seems that corporate America has decided to capitalize on the the Civil Rights activist most frequently (and somewhat erroneously) credited with launching the Montgomery Bus Boycott. So now we can add Rosa to …
The launch is pending for the exciting new browser citation tool from the most-excellent team of programmers at CHNM. Zotero is going to be the coolest thing to happen for academic Firefox users since tabbed browsing. I can’t wait to get my download, because it will help immeasurably as I’m beginning to work on my …
Being a student of U.S. Catholicism, and someone who is interested new media, I was intrigued to see the other day that Sean Cardinal O’Malley of Boston is blogging his current trip to Rome. Of course, most U.S. Catholics have no idea what happens inside the secretive walls of the Vatican — and in some …