Dr. and author Sherwin Nuland talks about a lecture he delivered at the American Philosophical Society in 2011 on the subject of "Books and Men": how great books dispelled ancient dogma and set back the frontiers of medical knowledge.

How can an industry as easily corruptible as finance be good for society? Shiller addresses the question in this interview, concluding that a reputation for "integrity" is to some extent a self-regulating principle of the trade.

In "Venceremos," Jafari S. Allen shows how black Cubans engage in acts of "erotic self-making," reinterpreting, transgressing and transforming radicalized and sexualized interpretations of their identities in their struggles for autonomy and dignity.