Rest in Power It is with great sadness that we have learned of the death of Russian activist and opposition leader, Alexei Navalny. Few figures in the modern era have…
Gaza has been blockaded by Israel and Egypt since 2007, with over 2 million Palestinians living with a lack of clean water, inadequate food, overstretched health services, and one of…
Unelected elites do not correctly perceive public opinion: their beliefs about where the public stands on policy are off by an average of 14 percentage points. However, unlike elected elites,…
Since World War II, disadvantaged Blacks have been as upwardly mobile as disadvantaged Whites in education. However, highly educated Blacks struggle to maintain their educational advantages at a rate far…
One study finds strong evidence of racial sorting among NFL positions, with White players more likely to occupy high-prestige positions and players of color more likely to play high-risk positions.…
Reddit's tight, yet closed, social structure provided an optimal setting to plan the GameStop short squeeze of January 2021. However, this same structure became an impediment once the action had…
Search rates of Black motorists among White officers more than doubled between 2014 and 2018. White Republican officers are more than twice as likely than White Democrats to search Black…
Absolutely, yes. But we need to be much smarter and better organized. Introduction Many millions more people would get involved in activism and social justice work if they knew we…
Today's culture wars have their roots in conflicts between industrial and pre-industrial ways of life. Emile Durkheim, a founder of modern sociology, referred to them as organic solidarity and mechanical…
Sociology is the study of society and everything in it. Sociology is less about what is studied and more about how. As a discipline, sociology is unmatched in its breadth…