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Workers vote in an election for Local 1033 of the United Steelworkers of America. The local emerged after the 1937 Memorial Day Massacre in Chicago, when 10 steelworkers striking for union recognition were killed. Credits: Photo: courtesy of the Southeast Chicago Historical Society Digital Archive

3 Questions: An anthropologist and a filmmaker on working-class lives in Chicago

A storytelling project by Christine Walley and Chris Boebel explores the social impacts of late 20th century deinstrustrialization.

Flipping the Ship: Ocean Waves, Media Orientations, and Objectivity at Sea

The FLoating Instrument Platform (FLIP), a seagoing vessel managed by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, in La Jolla, California, offers an unorthodox vantage point on the sea.

Image of an Old Pulse Oximiter panel from the 70's featuring knobs and buttons.

Oximeters Used to Be Designed for Equity. What Happened?

The pandemic drew attention to the racial bias built into pulse oxes. But calls to create a fairer device are missing one thing: It once existed.

A solar engineer maintains the street lighting in her village of Tinginaput, India — a rural area not connected to the region’s main electrical grid. Credits: Photo: Abbie Trayler-Smith/Panos Pictures

Keeping humanity central to solving climate change

MIT scholars are helping to solve the economic, cultural, and political dimensions of the world’s energy and climate challenges.

MIT Anthropology Speaks Out — and Teaches — against Racism

Work of the Future | 3Q: Christine Walley on the evolving perception of robots in the US

Anthropologist touches on the history of tech-related job displacement and explores how other countries approach policies on robots, skills, and learning.