Contexts Blog
by Barbara J. Risman
The National Geographic film Gender Revolution: A Journey with Katie Couric is a narrative report from an on-going but seemingly somewhat successful revolution. And yet, …
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by Steven Thrasher
Two beautiful Black boys’ faces kept looking out at me from my social feeds last night: Trayvon Martin’s, whose vicious killing by George Zimmerman five …
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by Brittany Dernberger
We won’t agree on everything, and that process of engaging with one another is what will lead to a strong movement and better outcomes.
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by Dana R. Fisher
It's going to be a long four years for the progressive movement.
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by Philip N. Cohen
I have only a superficial understanding of how to use photography to both present information and communicate a subtext that supports my opinions, but I do my best.
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by Philip N. Cohen
Obviously I was in no frame of mind to do any kind of dispassionate analysis.
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by Reeve Vanneman
Working-class issues seem to have lost their salience, as if even American sociology was also telling them that they didn’t matter.
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by Zulema Valdez
Faculty organized a teach-in to address student questions, provide support, and encourage productive student engagement.
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by syed ali
Happy holidays! I’m going to tell you a Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/Festivus tale of the faculty union that could, almost did, but then ultimately didn’t. And what you …
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by Brittany Dernberger
Three members of my immediate family voted for Trump. Then we had the talk.
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