Muslims in America
by jen'nan ghazal read
Recent research into the diverse opinions held by Muslim Americans suggests just how inaccurate the prevailing stereotypes really are.
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With a candidacy that has provoked much deliberation over race relations, social movements, and the nature of political campaigns, we asked prominent sociologists to discuss the social significance of Barack Obama.
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Obama’s Flickr Account
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Health Care Reform: No Revolution in Sight
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Pollution at Home Lurks Unrecognized, Instead Attributed to Large-scale Environmental Disasters
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The Sociological “Contexts” of Politics in 2008
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The Discoveries section of the print magazine is one of our most popular features. The Discoveries Blog brings everything you love about Discoveries to the web. You'll find short, frequent blog postings highlighting great research as we find it.
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The Contexts Podcast is Up!
We’re thrilled to announced the launch of the Contexts Podcast! The podcast will feature interviews with our authors and other special guests and will be published bi-weekly.
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Redesigned Discoveries Blog
The all new Discoveries Blog is up and running. Designed as a companion to the Discoveries section of our print publication, this blog offers quick updates on exciting new research.
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Welcome ThickCulture to contexts.org!
Our newest blog is ThickCulture, run by political scientist Jose Marichal and covering politics, multiculturalism, and civic engagement in the age of the internet.
One Thing I Know
by marta tienda
One thing I know is that race-neutral alternatives to affirmative action have not diversified college campuses. read more
Culture Reviews
Joel Best and Jun Ayukawa look at the anti-smoking campaign in Japan, Sean Elias reports on lifestyles on the Aspen elite, and Nancy Foner examines attitudes towards immigrants in Shelter Island. Also: James M. Jasper on George Carlin. read more
Book Reviews
Monte Bute revisits Niebuhr in the age of Obama, John Ratliff looks at the rise of political blogosphere, and Gary Alan Fine visits Nixonland. read more
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