Agustín Fuentes

Being human entails an astonishingly complex interplay of biology and culture. “Sex is a Spectrum: the biological limits of the binary” @PrincetonUPress publishing May 6th! Preorder princeton.press/0r0zpeq1

BREAKING: In a landmark climate decision, the UN's top court says a "clean, healthy and sustainable environment" is a human right. apnews.com/article/un-cou…

Trump: ‘I’m Not In These Nonexistent Files Concocted To Destroy Me’

We're more than halfway through 2025, so we're revisiting some of the most-read AA articles so far this year! Next is Tine M. Gammeltoft's "Calibrating care: Family caregiving and the social weight of sympathy (tình cảm) in Vietnam" #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1111/aman.1…

This is not democracy.

The lack of empathy is rotting this nation from the inside out.

Israel's destruction of Gaza: almost nothing is left of Khan Yunis, satellite photos show haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

THIS IS A MAN-MADE FAMINE. 1 in every 3 people in Gaza goes without food for several days, while 9,000 trucks full of aid waiting at the border. Forced starvation is an act of genocide.

CBS has done bad stuff going way back to the Smothers Brothers Still, Colbert's ouster feels different. This isn't just capitalism but fascism, and there's no Murrow or Cronkite to cut through the billionaire BS My new column inquirer.com/columnists/att…

Over the weekend in Gaza, we saw yet more mass shootings & killings of people seeking @UN aid – an atrocious & inhumane act which I utterly condemn. We need an immediate ceasefire, the immediate release of all hostages & unimpeded humanitarian access.

Super excited about the new book by the terrific Lizzie Wade "Apocalypse"!!!! It's really good. harpercollins.com/products/apoca…

“Between 2001 and 2023, Brazil’s Amazon lost nearly a fifth of its rain forest, or more than 266,0004 square miles (689,000 square kilometers), according to the World Resources Institute’s Global Forest Watch.” cfr.org/backgrounder/c…

The lesson for Democrats is that they should force confrontations, especially when they drive a wedge into the GOP base. thenation.com/article/politi…

We're more than halfway through 2025, so we're revisiting some of the most-read AA articles fso far this year! First up is Alpa Shah's "When decolonization is hijacked" #OpenAccess #Anthropology anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/am…

The head of FEMA's search and rescue unit has resigned, and said the Trump administration was causing "chaos" at the agency and hindered the Texas response. nyti.ms/4lKhYEv

“They’re moving us back almost into the Dark Ages. The ramifications are extraordinary, and the policies that are being promulgated are ignorant.” motherjones.com/politics/2025/…

Help needed! We are exploring the purchase of a handheld optical and/or lidar scanner for use in rather extreme underground spaces in order to map archeological floors, artefacts and other features in high enough resolution that they may be used for measurablereconstructions…

"Science" is now the third highest supported institution in the US, after small business and the military. Higher ed is fifth.

Ummm so let me get this straight: Republicans have ground Congress to a halt and are considering adjourning the entire House for 6 weeks to avoid releasing the info they have on Epstein? What is going on here?