You may know the six people featured in the “WashU Between the Lines” video series. But do you really? “Our subjects share stories about their lives and experiences in ways they never have before,” said junior Julia Appelbaum, one of the series’ producers. New episodes launch today through Friday, April 17, on Facebook and Instagram.

Writing faculty Eileen G’Sell reviews Darius Marder’s Oscar-nominated film, which she says is less about the deaf community than about the process of losing a sense inextricably tied to one’s identity.

The Brown School’s Mark Rank co-writes an article diving into the stigma surrounding welfare benefits and how most recipients actually live, drawing on research from his newly published book “Poorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong About Poverty.”