Consumer Branding and the Black Body

I’ve long been interested in the power of branding. In how our bodies are used by corporations to advertise products and lifestyles along with them. In how we sometimes use branding and flip the meanings–one of the reasons that University of Michigan...

"There is a Food Desert in Detroit"

Detroit is a city that has approximately 900,000 residents. At its height, 2 million called Detroit home. Most see the blocks upon blocks of empty space and see ghettoes. I see something else entirely. In a city of roughly 880,000 people, there are just two...

Running the Numbers

When political scientists think about “running the numbers” what we normally think about is some form of quantitative analysis. In my case, I’m thinking about multivariate regressions. When Chris Jordan talks about running the numbers he’s got...