Spring 2023: Table of Contents

from the editors

in brief:

• “A COVID-19 Trust Paradox,” by Rose Xueqing Zhang
• “Anti-Immigrant Influence,” by Sophie X. Liu
• “Behind Bullying,” by Rose Xueqing Zhang
• “More Family, More Time?” by Rose Xueqing Zhang
• “Determining ‘Hate,'” by Sophie X. Liu
• “What It Is To Be Ukranian,” by Parker Muzzerall
• “Companions in Conspiracy,” by Parker Muzzerall
• “The Racist Palate,” by Sophie X. Liu

q&a:

• “Their Truths: Feminist and Queer Kaleidoscopes.” Amin Ghaziani interviews Amelia Abraham about focusing the world’s attention on queer, feminist, and human rights issues.

features:

• “America’s Hidden Equalizing Machine,” by Jessi Streib. Inside a labor market luckocracy, where low information and class-neutral hiring criteria even the odds for high earnings.
• “Crypto, Meme Stocks, and Threatened Masculinity,” by Dan Cassino. They’re not good investments, so what’s driving their popularity? The answer lies in who is buying Bitcoin, meme stocks, and similar financial instruments.
• “The Retirement Paradox,” by Michelle Pannor Silver. Aging and retirement have changed dramatically in recent decades, and expectations about both need updating. Today, those willing and able to retire must also consider their hopes, capacities, and creative potentials.
• “Eating for Two Trillion,” by Sarah Elton. Thinking of the gut microbiome as part of the foodscape reorients us to a food justice perspective on equality and access to human health and flourishing.
• “Fool’s Gold: DEI and the Performance of Race-Consciousness,” by Leah E. Glass. Despite expensive investments in DEI programs, research within a non-profit reveals rhetorical race-consciousness rather than real-deal change.

in pictures:

• “Art+Labor+Sociology.” Jess Tolbert, Maria Cristina Morales, and Nancy Plankey-Videla on value and aesthetic labor.
• “White Cliffs Country: The Migrant Crisis and England’s Border Landscape.” Phil Hubbard and Stuart Leech on the politics of a bulwark shore.

culture:

• “Art Attack: Protest Takes Aim at the Climate Crisis.” Tom Einhorn and Catherine Corrigall-Brown on messes with a message.

trends:

• “The Continuing Association Between Racial Prejudice and Government Assistance Beliefs.” Lawrence M. Eppard, Troy Nazarenus, Lucas Everidge, and Debbie Matesun on racist ideas about welfare recipients.
• “Race and Contemporary Perceptions of Public Accommodations Inequality.” Reginald A. Byron on reports of poor service.

books:

• “Science Wars.” Charles J. Gomez on The Quantified Scholar and Study Gods.

policy brief:

• “The Burden of Data: Court Practices Tilting the Scales.” Kat Albrecht and Kaitlyn Filip on data disadvantaging defendants.

one thing i know:

• “Tackling an Accumulation of Inequities.” Mindy Fried on policies to promote women’s economic security.