Blackface performed by South Korean women entertainers reveals a precarious, gendered economic condition for these actors and singers whose appearance does not conform to K-pop and K-drama beauty standards. Their use of blackface often represents an attempt to garner attention as a valuable resource, even if negative, within the contemporary attention economy.

This performance text is Elfriede Jelinek’s instant response on the day of the announcement of Trump’s second election victory. It was conceived during his campaign as a coda to her response to Trump’s fi rst victory, titled On the Royal Road–The Burgher King, also translated by Gitta Honegger and published in 2020 by Seagull Books.

Dantuluri examines the ongoing prescription stimulant shortage driven by the Drug Enforcement Administration’s quota restrictions and an ineffective and fragmented system of drug governance. We extend this analysis to carceral health systems, which operate under similar logics of control in managing risks, diversion, and liability around medications for opioid use disorder. In drawing these parallels, we explore how perceptions of risk, suspicion, and restrictive oversight can produce scarcity, reinforce stigma, and elicit judgments around “deservingness” that may ultimately widen treatment gaps. We conclude with actionable recommendations that align with public health ethics to promote equitable access to evidence-based treatment.

Tracing the intranational and transnational itineraries of the Georgia Minstrels and Charles B. Hicks recuperates forgotten histories of Black minstrelsy. Doing so offers several correctives to the historiography of these figures by demonstrating the significant role that these artists played in shaping Black minstrelsy as a vital space for Black performance.

What could Dave Carson, a US American minstrel in British India, have in common with Ardhendu Sekhar Mustafi, pioneer of Bengali public theatre? Or with Hindi cinema superstar, Amitabh Bachchan? These seemingly unrelated actors are yoked together across time and space by their distinct Indianized interpretations of the urban dandy, each of which shares an unexpected ancestry with blackface characters like Long-Tail Blue and Zip Coon.

Over the past decade, several prominent ballet companies have come under fire for perpetuating racist stereotypes. With blackface, the discourse has focused on the United States and minstrelsy. Ballet’s far older alliance with European colonialism, however, entangles Orientalism and racism, Africa and Asia-Pacific, in the figure of the “blackamoor.”

When a prospective participant in clinical research appears perhaps to lack decision-making capacity, many investigators do a capacity evaluation themselves, and if the person lacks capacity, reach out to the next of kin, presuming them to be the legally authorized representative (LAR) to consent (or not) on that person’s behalf. However, that approach often does not actually comport with applicable law. This article begins with some history, explaining how, if there is no state law specifically governing clinical research, Institutional Review Boards have been instructed to base their policies concerning capacity determination and surrogacy selection on that jurisdiction’s laws governing ordinary healthcare. A deep dive into many states’ statutes reveals a remarkable, hitherto largely unrecognized diversity of provisions that, in turn, create unexpected legal and ethical hazards for investigators whose research participants may lack capacity. Several potential resolutions are suggested.