This April, our #ResearchSpotlight shines on financial literacy — exploring open-access research that empowers communities with tools for economic equity, sustainable futures, and informed decision-making. Discover, read, and share knowledge for financial empowerment.

Our final #ResearchSpotlight this month looks at how feminist and anarchist movements have long shared a vision of freedom—challenging patriarchy, hierarchy, and oppression in all forms. Discover how these radical traditions continue to inspire new ways of organizing, imagining, and building collective power: https://works.hcommons.org/records/z70xx-ycx29#

For Women’s History Month, we’re highlighting work at the intersection of disability justice and feminist thought. This #ResearchSpotlight shows how rethinking the design of everyday academic life can transform access, knowledge, and belonging: https://works.hcommons.org/records/syvy5-1qs56

This #ResearchSpotlight highlights how transgender Shakespeare performance opens up new ways of thinking about gender, embodiment, and identity on stage. Celebrate Women’s History Month by exploring this conversation with performer Jess Chanliau on identities in flux and trans-inclusive performance:https://works.hcommons.org/records/vdt8x-eq781

This #ResearchSpotlight examines how digital spaces and creative self-expression fuel feminist resistance—transforming visual culture into a site of empowerment, critique, and reclamation.
Read the full study here: https://works.hcommons.org/records/gyb5v-bzv71

Today’s #ResearchSpotlight reflects on faith, survival, and the intertwined narratives of Black womanhood and liberation in the Caribbean, illuminating how spirituality becomes a source of strength and self-definition. Dive deeper into this work: https://works.hcommons.org/records/dj5d8-m1g51

Today’s #ResearchSpotlight celebrates Psyche Williams-Forson’s “Chit'lins and Champagne: Food, Class, and Sexuality in Ann Allen Shockley’s Loving Her,” examining how food culture shapes expressions of Black femininity, pleasure, and power. Savor the analysis here: https://works.hcommons.org/records/ca63t-2y887

This Women’s History Month, our #ResearchSpotlight series honors the voices and scholarship of women whose work continues to shape history, culture, and knowledge. Explore open-access research celebrating women’s contributions across disciplines.

Before “Transatlantic” was theory, it was movement—of people, stories, and hope. Our final Black History Month #ResearchSpotlight traces how early Black women’s writing crossed oceans, reshaping freedom and belonging along the way. Read more: https://works.hcommons.org/records/z7479-vxv72

What does James Baldwin’s Beale Street sound like? This #ResearchSpotlight listens for whispers of love and freedom woven through his words—mapping a political soundscape that still resonates today. Hear what’s beneath the surface: https://works.hcommons.org/records/vgz8q-71h87