Insights and Impact Research, trends, and action

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Biblio File: A Woman's Place 

Alumna Marita Golden chats about her novel's reissue and reflects on change 

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Death by a Thousand Paper Cuts 

Local news has been languishing for decades, but the decline is accelerating, according to NPR's Terence Samuel, a 2023 Sine fellow

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3 Minutes on Transgender Rights

Trailblazing Delaware state senator Sarah McBride, SPA/BA '13, explains the rise in legislation aimed at trans youth 

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Power Forward 

CAS's Theresa Runstedtler on how Black ballplayers of the 1970s and '80s set the once-troubled NBA up for success

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From Fixers to Figureheads 

SPA professor Tricia Bacon's groundbreaking new research explores terror in transition 

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Digital Headspace 

Katherine Grill, CAS/MA '16, PhD '17, on how the mental health app she correlated is breaking down stigma and building resiliency and community  

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Manual: 1 in 43 Quintillion 

Student-athlete Sasha Liu, CAS/BS '24, on how to solve a Rubik's Cube

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(Environmental) Justice for All 

SIS alumnus Ramón Cruz, the first Latino president of the Sierra Club, aims to build a more inclusive and diverse coalition 

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At Issue 

Women are burned out and fed up, according to a new poll from SPA's Women and Politics Institute