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Gallery: Boston Marathon Bombing
Andy Robinson is a 3rd year transfer student from Hanover, PA. He is pursuing a B.A. in journalism. All photographs in this gallery © Andy Robinson
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Conjectural Journalism: John King is a Jerk
On April 15, after the terrorists attacked the Boston Marathon, we Bostonians rushed towards the explosions to help the injured, and we rushed to hospitals to give blood. In the chaos, we rushed to
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Judith Butler’s: Precarious Life
Judith Butler’s book Precarious Life was a subject of discussion in Prof. Bormann’s Contemporary Political Thought POLS 2332 class this past semester. This book puts human vulnerability and loss (the precariousness of life) at
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Gallery: Boston Marathon Aftermath
All photographs in this gallery are courtesy of Delia Harrington
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Give Me Liberty: The Constitution in an Age of Terror
Benjamin Franklin has long warned Americans that “any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.” His warning has been invoked throughout American
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Gallery: Philip Kravtsov’s Images of Watertown
Philip Kravtsov is a freshman journalism student at Northeastern where he is pursuing a B.A. in journalism. Philip is an editor at RIA Novosti. All photos in this gallery © RIA Novosti /Philip Kravtsov
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Precarious Life-Katie Dillon
When your city is terrorized, how do you react? Judith Butler says that we ought not to react to violence with violence. We should take a different approach. Butler does not suggest that we
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Precarious Life-Brendan Hill
In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing, the relevance of Judith Butler’s A Precarious Life is a topic worth discussing. Prompted by the attacks of 9/11, Butler’s critique of the US response to
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Precarious Life-Wendy Chu
I wrote the outline for this essay on Monday, April 15th. It had been an especially good day: I had even won myself a coveted window seat on the third floor at Snell Library.
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Muslim American Women and the Hijab: Dismantling the Patronizing Narrative
The role of the hijab and its significance to the women who wear it is frequently oversimplified. Muslim American women must navigate multiple levels of pressures, social sanctions, and conflicting ideologies when they choose
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