On Fertile Ground

Recent News

• In the wake of Atatiana Jefferson’s death at the hands of a police officer in Fort Worth, Texas, just weeks after Amber Guyger was convicted of the murder of Botham Jean in Dallas, Shadows of Doubt coauthor Rajiv Sethi described on WBUR (Boston, MA)’s Here & Now what fuels the use of excessive force by police—and how to proceed when there are not just individual “bad apples” in law enforcement, but “bad orchards.”
• Brian Rosenwald, author of Talk Radio’s America, discussed with CNN’s Michael Smerconish whether Fox News, The Drudge Report, and conservative talk radio may finally turn against Trump.
• Sarah Milov, author of The Cigarette: A Political History, explained on Wisconsin Public Radio’s Central Time how government subsidies and regulation changed public conceptions of cigarette smoking; and PopMatters published an excerpt from the book.
• The GQ cover story “Voices of the New Masculinity” featured a conversation with Testosterone coauthor Katrina Karkazis about the science behind our conception of masculinity.