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What if airport security checks were more of a security spectacle, whose effectiveness was primarily symbolic and social?
Do you love using the laughing-crying emoji? If so, you’re probably a Millennial.
In the 1930s, when iconic vet James Herriot was practicing, almost all vets were male.
The recent spate of executive orders around sex and gender impact nonbinary Americans, as well as trans Americans who identify as a man or a woman.
More than a century of evidence suggests that bureaucrats, at their best, stand for expertise, fairness and public service.
What is the gut-level appeal that saw Trump win two elections? One progressive researcher spent six years in America’s whitest, second-poorest district to find out.
For the more than 3 million Americans on probation or parole, rules and regulations often serve as hidden traps to reincarceration.
Pushback works.
As climate change accelerates and trust in authority declines, natural disasters trigger waves of easy – but false – explanations.
Disparaging people who get government benefits to make ends meet, especially if they’re Black, is no longer a recipe for political success in America.
Vibes – ambiguous as they are – have become part of the cultural zeitgeist. Studying them could help us better understand human relationships and experiences.
As online communication replaces face-to-face meetings in the workplace, the need for clarity, respect and professionalism has intensified.
Ideas about softness and weakness, hardship and strength, have been central to reactionary politics since the beginning of human history.
Two professors explain why and how their approach creates a richly textured understanding of the American Dream.
Famous musicians and artists aren’t necessarily more likely to die at 27. But the story that they do shapes how we perceive history and reality.
The War Against the Past is sometimes convincing, but prompts larger questions about history, culture, education and morality.
The murals have captured the public imagination because they play with something beyond the world of pop art – our love, fear and fascination with animals.
Travel is often linked to the idea of a life well-lived. And when diagnosed with cancer, the search for adventure, memories and meaning takes on a life of its own.
Du Bois’ study, published in 1899, detailed the social conditions of poor Black residents of the Seventh Ward. The area is now home to some of Philadelphia’s ritziest neighborhoods.
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Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of South Carolina
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Senior Lecturer, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Dean and Associate Professor in Social Sciences, University of Canberra
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Professor of Sociology, Ball State University
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