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Professor and Wellesley Centers for Women researcher Linda Charmaraman talks about social media’s impact on the mental health of teenagers on Boise State Public Radio.

Historian Kellie Carter Jackson joins "CBS Mornings" to talk about her new book "We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance," and how lessons from history can apply to protest movements today.

Review of professor Kellie Carter Jackson’s “We Refuse”, a searing history of Black resistance and guide to Black joy.

The National Academy of Medicine announced the appointment of 19 Commissioners, including Wellesley’s president Paula A. Johnson, to serve on its Commission on Investment Imperatives for a Healthy Nation.

“He’ll laugh at a joke — he’ll never crack one,” says Kellie Carter Jackson, the chair of the Africana studies department at Wellesley and someone who has known Ibram X. Kendi for years.

Professor Kellie Carter Jackson on how Black Americans’ refusals of injustice have shaped our national story. While celebrating Juneteenth and Pride, remember the power of a collective saying “no.”

The New York Times reviews professor Kellie Carter Jackson's book “We Refuse,” in which she explores forms of activism used by oppressed people and offers a nuanced view of their lives.

For The Conversation, professor Ismar Volić writes that Americans break election ties in crazy ways − and jeopardize democracy in the process.

In advance of Bad Bunny's spring concert in Boston, Professor Petra Rivera-Rideau talks with “Boston Globe Today” about why the Puerto Rican rapper is an important political figure.