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The ‘true value of women’s work’
wages for housework archives display

The new building on Wayne Ave. includes posters, banners, and ephemera from the movement’s 50-year history.

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The ‘true value of women’s work’

The Wages for Housework movement is a precursor to the Child Tax Credit and guaranteed income, says sociologist Pilar Gonalons-Pons. A community center in Germantown houses their 50-year archive and carries on the work.

Kristina García

Seeing disability differently
Illustration of several people with varying fullness of body sketching.

Image: Holly Stapleton

Seeing disability differently

Scholars are trying to understand—and change—how the world works for people with disabilities.

Susan Ahlborn

Ancient medicine in today’s world
An ayahuasca plant in Brazil.

Image: Courtesy of Taylor Dysart

Ancient medicine in today’s world

Taylor Dysart, a doctoral candidate in the School of Arts & Sciences’ Department of History and Sociology of Science, probes modern science’s enthrallment with the powerful Amazonian intoxicant ayahuasca.

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