Estrangement is rarely caused by childhood abuse or a pushy therapist. Instead, it reveals a collision between two ideas of what family should be.
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When does a shooting become terrorism? A Texas case could help define the answer.
A group of researchers examine the communication barriers impacting social science professionals’ credibility and how people make sense of their expertise.
From a synagogue’s 5K to Appalachia’s Hillbilly Days, shared celebrations pull strangers together.
Banditry is widespread in Nigeria but knowledge about its character and nature is limited.
A historic drop in violent crime, including the murder rate, is at risk after the cancellation of federal funding for programs that helped make the decline possible.
A growing number of women are choosing to be ‘defiantly single’, yet the stigma against them persists.
A researcher examines the bad press surrounding absinthe which led to its ban in France in 1915, while drawing parallels with more recent, ‘scathing’ examples of scapegoating and social control.
Surveys have found that researchers studying UAPs can face pushback from mentors and colleagues, even from people who think it’s an important line of research.
Our romances tell us a lot about how we live our lives and vice versa. They can help us make informed choices about changing and breaking habits or developing new ones.
In this Q&A with the authors of a recent book about Bigfoot hunters, they admit these people are neither anti-science nor irrational.
When a hobby becomes something larger, with a focus on improving skills and developing deep knowledge, it can deliver surprising rewards.
Medical sociology examines how social, cultural, political and economic factors shape health in ways that medicine alone cannot treat.
One similarity between people who seek to reinforce gender binary and those who seek to expand beyond it is the idea that everyone has a gender.
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism is neither a history of economics, nor a religious history. It borrows from both, but is stranger than either.
Controversies often arise over pharmacists refusing to dispense medication, from Plan B to unproven COVID-19 treatments. Each one raises questions about professional rights and responsibilities.
Strong religious beliefs often shape disapproval of abortion – in the abstract. But when young women are actually deciding whether to terminate a pregnancy, faith’s role is more complex.
The religion gap between American men and women may be narrowing, a scholar explains – reflecting a seeming ‘God gap’ in US politics.
There’s no evidence of widespread, systematic discrimination against white Americans. Just ask them.
College students need to learn how to talk about religion with people of different faiths, two scholars write.
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