Before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, middle-class parents enjoyed social, economic, and land privileges. using in-depth interviews, the author demonstrates how parents experienced tensions between recognizing inequality and benefiting from it—and how they managed these conflicts through expressions of gratitude.
Archival records and key informant interviews show how feminist coalitions first defined sexual harassment as unlawful discrimination in education. their story demonstrates how ordinary citizens have the power to change not only laws but also how those laws are interpreted.
The challenges of being a mother in the united states can be great and are often only heightened for women raising children with disabilities. interviews with mothers not only confirmed this reality, but also revealed ways that such mothers grow, adapt, find joy, and demonstrate resilience on their long journeys of raising their children over many decades.
Melissa F. Lavin on how professional tarot readers provide emotional support to their clients as they navigate uncertainty.
Whereas homicide laws categorize charges by intent, sexual assault laws do not. This essay considers how updating our legal and cultural vocabulary around sexual violation could benefit both survivors and offenders.
Why do some people accept, or even approve of, economic inequalities? This essay examines various justifications—market, moral, cultural, and group-based—that people across the world invoke to defend their views.
Young Americans aren’t simply abandoning religion—they’re transforming it. Drawing on a decade of interviews with youth transitioning into adulthood in the early 2000s, the authors show how these youth broke away from traditional religious institutions while celebrating the sacredness of the individual and pursuing new forms of community.
Liu Jinsuiyue and Keith Kerr on how pagodas absorb the practices and beliefs of the communities that built and still use them.
A moral panic about transgender identities is rapidly growing, driven by widespread misinformation and sensationalist rhetoric. analyzing fox news broadcasts, the authors identify rhetorical strategies broadcasters use to fuel the panic.
David Grazian speaks with sociologist Mabel Berezin about America's rapid decline into authoritarianism and unchecked presidential power.
David grazian speaks with sociologist eric klinenberg about the lingering social and political effects of the pandemic.
Many schools have moved away from formal suspensions and expulsions, but more informal disciplinary practices have emerged in their place. Drawing on two school ethnographies, the authors describe these often-invisible practices and explain how they harm students and their families.
Blyss cleveland on the controversy surrounding the endorsement of anti-obesity drugs among Black celebrity women.
