Contexts Blog
by Cassidy Puckett
Social problems—issues that negatively affect social groups, like poverty and racial discrimination—drive sociological inquiry. Sociologists trade in stories of the downtrodden, inequities between …
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by Elena G. van Stee
COVID-19 campus closures in March 2020 led many—but not all—college students to move back in with their parents. Why did some students return home while …
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by Aniya Watkins
On February 22, 2024, Darryl George received the verdict that his barrel-rolled locs were not protected by the CROWN Act. A high school …
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by Weirong Guo
Do you remember the headlines from the 1980s featuring courageous Chinese students fighting for democracy in Tiananmen Square? Fast forward a couple of decades …
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by Neda Maghbouleh
It was a bracingly cold morning in 2019 in a far suburb of Toronto, Canada. I stepped across the threshold of Amina’s bungalow, taking her …
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by Colter J. Uscola
In his Winter 2024 Contexts feature, “An Australian Uproar Over CRT,” Dr. Ryan Al-Natour investigates the similar narratives animating anti-CRT contingents determined to keep Whiteness …
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by Trevor Auldridge-Reveles and Demetrius Miles Murphy
Since our founding as a discipline over 180 years ago, sociologists have become masters at studying social problems. Sociologists can explain the overt and covert …
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by Catherine Tan
“Welcome to this warrior gang and we are bad motherfuckers!” exclaimed Jenny McCarthy to an audience of applauding parents. During an early autumn weekend in …
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by Contexts Magazine
Why write for Contexts? Hear from authors who have published with us! In this video, Contexts feature essay authors DeAnna Y. Smith, Michelle Pannor Silver, …
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by Victor Ray
Some people still have stress dreams about high school exams. I still have stress dreams about working for David Bouley. Famed chef David Bouley passed …
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