The Dead Must Be Counted
An unknown number of people who die from COVID-19, like migrants who die during perilous journeys, are left out of governments' official death counts.
Crisis
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Combating Anti-Black Racism in Brazil and Beyond
An interview with anthropologist Christen A. Smith provides insights into resisting police violence and creating safe societies for people of African descent.
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Being Clear-Eyed About Citizen Science in the Age of COVID-19
An anthropologist explores the network of citizen monitoring capabilities that developed after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan in 2011 for what they might teach all of us about such strategies for the covonavirus pandemic.
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Haitian Deportees Face an Unconscionable Crisis During the Pandemic
For Haitian nationals who are being deported from the U.S. amid the COVID-19 pandemic, racial injustices and health inequities run deep, to tragic effect.
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Hush-Hush, a Pale-Horse Cometh: Mirabilis Manducat
An anthropologist traces a lineage of plague, silence, anti-Black racism, white supremacy, and cities.
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Can Archaeology Explain the Bread Baking Craze?
An archaeological look at the history of cuisine changes illuminates why the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted America’s new bread obsession—and whether it will last.