Social Science Roundup: Links for 9/2/10

Several good items today:

First, an excerpt of what looks like it could be her best book yet: Bright-Sided by Barbara Ehrenreich, in which the author critically examines the uniquely American tendency to elevate "positive thinking" to the level of both a coping strategy and social movement. Lots of good insight here.

Then, a piece that is both informative and sobering about how African American faculty deal with stress in the college classroom, which is here:

From: Exploring How African...