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Jack Portman tells all in his last ever Opinion article

Jack Portman tells all in his last ever Opinion article

Jack Portman, Senior Writer
April 29, 2021
University set to relax drug policy

University set to relax drug policy

Jack Portman, Senior Writer
April 1, 2021
Transportation dilemma lingers in Winston-Salem

Transportation dilemma lingers in Winston-Salem

Jack Portman, Senior Writer
March 18, 2021

Wake Forest Must Rectify Racist History

Jack Portman, Staff Columnist
February 4, 2021

Forsyth community suffers in wake of pandemic

Jack Portman, Staff Columnist
January 28, 2021

Aesthetic values mediate hierarchy

Jack Portman, Opinion Editor
October 22, 2020
New exhibit showcases Black American artists

New exhibit showcases Black American artists

Jack Portman
October 8, 2020
A24 documentary is purposefully political

A24 documentary is purposefully political

Jack Portman
September 24, 2020
Netflix releases new Charlie Kaufman film

Netflix releases new Charlie Kaufman film

Jack Portman
September 17, 2020
Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte greets former Longhorns football coach Mack Brown with a handshake during Del Conte’s introductory press conference at UT in December 2017. [STEPHEN SPILLMAN FOR STATESMAN]

Self-interest obscures trust in social life

Jack Portman
September 10, 2020
Michaela Coel explores trauma in new show

Michaela Coel explores trauma in new show

Jack Portman
September 3, 2020
A24 stagnates new independent filmmaking

A24 stagnates new independent filmmaking

Jack Portman
September 3, 2020
Understanding WFUs history with racism

Understanding WFU’s history with racism

Jack Portman
September 3, 2020
Community Involvement is Invaluable

Community Involvement is Invaluable

Jack Portman
August 14, 2020
Choosing a Major Requires Patience

Choosing a Major Requires Patience

Jack Portman
August 14, 2020
Winston-Salem, NC remain in Phase 2 of COVID-19 Restrictions

Winston-Salem, NC remain in Phase 2 of COVID-19 Restrictions

Jack Portman
July 6, 2020
Matthew Capps: Anthropology

Matthew Capps: Anthropology

Jack Portman
April 30, 2020
Lindsey Ross: Religious Studies

Lindsey Ross: Religious Studies

Jack Portman
April 30, 2020
Silin Serenity Chen: Theater

Silin “Serenity” Chen: Theater

Jack Portman
April 30, 2020
Documentary Explores Visionary Artist’s Overlooked Career

Documentary Explores Visionary Artist’s Overlooked Career

Jack Portman
April 28, 2020
Citizenship Belies The Desert Of Political Rights: U.S. Must Extend Aid To Immigrants

Citizenship Belies The Desert Of Political Rights: U.S. Must Extend Aid To Immigrants

Jack Portman
April 9, 2020
This image released by Neon shows Adèle Haenel, left, and Noémie Merlant in a scene from Portrait of a Lady on Fire. (Neon)

“Portrait Of A Lady On Fire” Rebels Against Structures Of The Patriarchy

Jack Portman
April 9, 2020
Students Host TEDx Event On Campus

Students Host TEDx Event On Campus

Jack Portman
February 27, 2020
Charles Munger, newspaper company executive and Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman, said U.S. newspapers have no future. (Vasily Smirnov/Dreamstime/TNS)

Perpetual Media Chaos Obscures Reality

Jack Portman
February 20, 2020
Newspaper

Media Representation Shapes Perception

Jack Portman
February 13, 2020
Virginia Reader, 72, of Lake Orion, Michigan, takes one Prometrium pill, left, each night and wears a Vivelle-Dot patch, right, continually, changing patches on Sundays and Wednesday, as part of her Hormone Replacement Therapy. (Patricia Beck/Detroit Free Press/MCT)

Legislation Undermines Trans Medical Access

Jack Portman
February 6, 2020
Photo courtesy of Jack Portman

Motherwell Exhibit Opens In Scales

Jack Portman
January 30, 2020
English Students Design Exhibit Of Rare Books

English Students Design Exhibit Of Rare Books

Jack Portman
January 30, 2020
Institutional Inequities Preclude Justice

Institutional Inequities Preclude Justice

Jack Portman
January 23, 2020
Photo courtesy of amazon.com

Sandler Stars In ‘Chaotic’ Film

Jack Portman
January 16, 2020
Fiction Explores Political Implications

Fiction Explores Political Implications

Jack Portman
January 16, 2020
Political Ecology Salvages And Sustains Native Praxis

Political Ecology Salvages And Sustains Native Praxis

Jack Portman
December 5, 2019
Bezos Award Belies His Dubious Business Practice

Bezos’ Award Belies His Dubious Business Practice

Jack Portman
November 21, 2019
Good Art Explains Mystery Through Manners

Good Art Explains Mystery Through Manners

Jack Portman
November 14, 2019
Street Photography Captures Socio-Political Reality

Street Photography Captures Socio-Political Reality

Jack Portman
October 24, 2019
Indigenous Epistemologies Can Aid Western Logos

Indigenous Epistemologies Can Aid Western Logos

Jack Portman
October 17, 2019
Political Correctness Remedies Unconscious Tradition

Political Correctness Remedies Unconscious Tradition

Jack Portman
September 26, 2019
Banksys New Work Subverts The American Ethos

Banksy’s New Work Subverts The American Ethos

Jack Portman
September 19, 2019
Ethical Consumerism Requires Constant Vigilance

Ethical Consumerism Requires Constant Vigilance

Jack Portman
September 12, 2019
Critical Theory Can Illuminate Vital Intersectionality

Critical Theory Can Illuminate Vital Intersectionality

Jack Portman
September 5, 2019
Eun Hye Kim: Womens, Gender & Sexuality Studies

Eun Hye Kim: Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies

Jack Portman
May 3, 2019
Anna Grace Guercio: Anthropology

Anna Grace Guercio: Anthropology

Jack Portman
May 3, 2019
Lil Nas X Produces Genre-Breaking Song

Lil Nas X Produces Genre-Breaking Song

Jack Portman
April 25, 2019
Social Reform Takes More Than An Election

Social Reform Takes More Than An Election

Jack Portman
April 18, 2019
Mass Reproductions Of Masterworks Limit The Viewer

Mass Reproductions Of Masterworks Limit The Viewer

Jack Portman
April 11, 2019
The Admissions Scandal Illustrates Systematic Flaws

The Admissions Scandal Illustrates Systematic Flaws

Jack Portman
April 4, 2019
We Must Reconcile With Images That Arbitrate History

We Must Reconcile With Images That Arbitrate History

Jack Portman
March 28, 2019
Republicans Show A Blinkered Concept Of Discourse

Republicans Show A Blinkered Concept Of Discourse

Jack Portman
March 21, 2019
Opinions Maintain A Useful Intersubjective Dialogue

Opinions Maintain A Useful Intersubjective Dialogue

Jack Portman
March 7, 2019
Misplaced Outrage Deflects Conversations About Race

Misplaced Outrage Deflects Conversations About Race

Jack Portman
February 28, 2019
Art Gives Form To Abstract Flickers of Existence

Art Gives Form To Abstract Flickers of Existence

Jack Portman
February 21, 2019
Simplified Gender Theory Ignores Subjective Reality

Simplified Gender Theory Ignores Subjective Reality

Jack Portman
February 14, 2019
Museums Deracinate Art Under Guise Of Accessibility

Museums Deracinate Art Under Guise Of Accessibility

Jack Portman
February 7, 2019
Exhibition Effectively Engages Photographers Work

Exhibition Effectively Engages Photographer’s Work

Jack Portman
January 31, 2019
Photographic Praxis Essentializes Certain Cultures

Photographic Praxis Essentializes Certain Cultures

Jack Portman
January 24, 2019
Book Covers Should Reflect Content

Book Covers Should Reflect Content

Jack Portman
December 6, 2018
Art Requires You To Embrace All Of Its Aspects

Art Requires You To Embrace All Of Its Aspects

Jack Portman
November 29, 2018
Voting And Drinking Water In Class Should Be Easy

Voting And Drinking Water In Class Should Be Easy

Jack Portman
November 8, 2018
Artists Politics Incite Qualms From Consumer

Artist’s Politics Incite Qualms From Consumer

Jack Portman
October 4, 2018
Raj Patel Discusses Worldwide Food Issues

Raj Patel Discusses Worldwide Food Issues

Jack Portman
September 27, 2018
Critique Plagued by Hyperbole is Ineffective Satire

Critique Plagued by Hyperbole is Ineffective Satire

Jack Portman
April 12, 2018
Photo Courtesy of Nickpdx

Old-Growth Forests Face a Worldwide Decline

Jack Portman
February 15, 2018
Wake Forest University/Ken Bennett

Margot Lee Shetterly shares the story of “Hidden Figures”

Jack Portman
February 8, 2018
Photo Courtesy of corpsafrica.org

CorpsAfrica targets Sustainable Development

Jack Portman
December 15, 2017
Israel-Palestine conflict is more than a zero-sum game

Israel-Palestine conflict is more than a zero-sum game

Jack Portman
December 3, 2017
Masha Gessen discusses democracy under Trump

Masha Gessen discusses democracy under Trump

Jack Portman
November 10, 2017
Journalism should strive for independent objectivity

Journalism should strive for independent objectivity

Jack Portman
November 10, 2017
Professor comments on coastal African urbanization

Professor comments on coastal African urbanization

Jack Portman
November 2, 2017
Professors confront epistemic questions within disciplines

Professors confront epistemic questions within disciplines

Jack Portman
October 19, 2017
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Museum of Anthropology exhibit celebrates Day of the Dead

Jack Portman
September 28, 2017
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App State professor explains the challenges of trans medicine

Jack Portman
September 21, 2017
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