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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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Considering Issues of Privilege From a Geographical Perspective
Illegal Migrations

Huckleberry Finn Figures Prominently in Study of Illegal Immigration
The Marrying Kind?

Marriage Equality: A Polarizing Issue Even Within LGBT Movement
The Fierce Urgency of Now

Musical Improvisation as a Tool for Social Change
A Contest of Ideas

Labor, Capital and Political Dysfunction

Why Do People Haze?

Studying the Evolutionary Benefit of Personality Traits

UCSB Anthropologist Studies the Evolutionary Benefit of Human Personality Traits

Center for Black Studies Research Publishes Book on Post-Quake Haiti
Tim O’Brien

Vietnam Veteran and Award-Winning Author Tim O'Brien to Speak at UCSB

Panel Discussion Examines Plight of ‘Out of Status’ Students Throughout History

Historian to Discuss the Cultural Evolution of Beer in the United States
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