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people in India working on top of large bags of waste
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Dana Kornberg
Workers in India's waste economy

Race and caste capitalism: Who gets access to status and wealth?

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A women sitting in a red vinyl booth inside a diner
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Courtesy Jason Lapeyre
Nori Muster was a devotee of the Hare Krishna movement of the 1970s and 1980s
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Two adults facing each other, surrounded by yellow flowers
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Matt Perko
The sum total of our daily communication comprises our “social biomes.”
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woman in dark light and shadow with red streaks of light
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Matt Perko
Jane Ward is a professor and chair of UCSB's Department of Feminist Studies
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color photograph of a writing teacher michelle petty
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Matt Perko
Michelle Petty, February 2024
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Headshot of Sabrina Strings a Black woman with yellow shirt and drop earings
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Black Studies Professor Sabrina Strings
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Jigna Desai - a woman with dark hair and glasses with brown skin
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Jeff Liang
Professor Jigna Desai, director of UCSB's Center for Feminist Futures