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An illuminating comparison of Ann Petry's The Street and Gwendolyn Brooks's Maud Martha with Cynthia Kadohata's The Floating World and Chang-rae Lee's Native Speaker by You-me Park and Gayle Wald ("Native Daughters in the Promised Land: Gender, Race, and the Question of Separate Spheres," AL 70: 607-33) establishes the extent to which minority literature "represents the boundaries between public and private spheres in the United States" and how "these boundaries reinforce and overlap class and gender lines." The critics' conclusion is that both the African American and Asian American gro...

How to save the world in 6 books: top climate leaders share their 2020 reads Activist Severn Cullis-Suzuki, scientist Katharine Hayhoe and author Seth Klein, along with other climate experts and advocates, recommend the books they think offer hope for the planet. Social Sharing Jennifer Van Evra · Posted: Dec 24, 2020 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: December 26, 2020 Climate leaders from Severn Cullis-Suzuki to Seth Klein offer their suggestions for top climate change reads.(Simon Fraser University/James Bastedo/Dana Moraes/Erica Johnson/Leah Stokes)

Departures Podcast with Rana Mitter By Editor | Published: December 28, 2020 For much of China’s history, the Communist Party leadership sought to portray the country’s experience in World War II as that of a victim of Japan. But now, as China grows much more powerful and influential, the historical memory is also adapting to tell a different story. This week we are joined by Rana Mitter, a professor of history at Oxford University, who is the author of “ Mitter’s book argues that China’s reassessment of the World War II years is central to its newfound confidence abroad and to mou...

During World War II, America Experimented on Conscientious Objectors 500 conscientious objectors “competed to volunteer” to be “human guinea pigs” for “dangerous and life-threatening medical experiments seeking cures for malaria, infections hepatitis, atypical pneumonia and typhus." The vast majority of Americans supported involvement in World War II, but a small minority refused to serve in combat because of their religious, philosophical, political or moral beliefs. The Selective Service and Training Act of 1940 gave these conscientious objectors the option of serving in non-comba...

Pinkerton: Operation Warp Speed Vaccine Shows America’s ‘Can-Do’ Spirit Is Back V is for . . .  In addition to “V” for “Virus,” we can add that “V” stands also for “Vaccine.”  Furthermore, “V” is for “Victory.”  At least in the healthcare sector, America Has Been Made Great Again. One of the architects of that victory is Gen. Gustave Perna, a four-star who took leave from the U.S. Army’s Materiel Command to become chief operating officer of Operation Warp Speed (OWS); as Perna explained the stakes of the struggle at a press briefing on December 12: We’re a...