by Beverly Prestwood-Taylor | Aug 27, 2009 | The Public Humanist
"You really want to hear what people from this community think?” The middle-aged Latino man was supervising the neighborhood kids in the South End as they played pick-up basketball. “What’s the catch?” “No catch,” we assured...
by Bob Meagher | May 19, 2009 | The Public Humanist
Historical Perspectives on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Coleman, Penny (2006). Flashback: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Suicide, and the Lessons of War. Boston: Beacon. Dean, Jr., Eric T (1997). Shook Over Hell: Post-Traumatic Stress, Vietnam, and the Civil War....
by Ronald Sander | Aug 31, 2009 | The Public Humanist
On September 26, in forty-six countries, citizens will gather to discuss, deliberate and develop positions on core questions of global climate change policy. The outcomes of these deliberations will be made publicly available through the internet. They also will be...
by Meghan Coleman | May 19, 2009 | The Public Humanist
This past March, Mass Humanities awarded a grant to Actors’ Shakespeare Project for a broad-based, educational community partnership centered on a production of Much Ado About Nothing, which opens this week at Roxbury’s Hibernian Hall. ASP staff members...
by Kate Navarra Thibodeau | Sep 3, 2009 | The Public Humanist
Teachers walk into their classrooms ready to educate, to lead their students in the right direction; to give them the skills to be good learners and better people. How can using primary source documents possibly enhance those efforts? When there are primary sources...
