Contexts Blog
by Rashawn Ray and Fabio Rojas
In the United States, nearly all states have issued stay-at-home orders. Most people’s lives are legally and structurally confined to …
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by Rashawn Ray and Fabio Rojas
Sociology has a lot to say about health. Often sociologists focus on access. Who gets healthcare? Does the healthcare system serve some people better than …
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by Rashawn Ray and Fabio Rojas
As of 12 noon on March 29, 2020 EST, there are 685,623 diagnosed coronavirus cases worldwide. The United States has 125,313 diagnosed cases. Italy’s …
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by Fabio Rojas
San Antonio, Texas has a large Latino population that is at risk for COVID-19. Indiana University sociology Ph.D. student Sean Viña has been working with …
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by Rashawn Ray and Fabio Rojas
Contexts Magazine: Sociology for the Public issued a call for papers 10 days ago and gave authors five days to submit opinion-editorials. We received nearly …
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by Rashawn Ray and Fabio Rojas
In early 2020, it became very clear that a new contagion had entered the human population and was spreading across the globe. The novel coronavirus, …
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by Johnny E. Williams and David G. Embrick
Women with Flag; Image by hosny salah from Pixabay At the start of 2020, President Trump rolled out his …
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by Simón E. Weffer, Rodrigo Dominguez-Martinez, and Raymond Jenkins
Where is the “Take a Knee” movement today as the National Football League’s (NFL) 100th season comes to a close, four seasons after Colin Kaepernick first …
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by Daniel Harrison
It has been 20 years since Barry Glassner first published The Culture of Fear: Why Americans …
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by Paula England, Sophie Saydah, and Andrew Levine
In 1994, while attending a United Nations conference on AIDS, U.S. Surgeon General Jocelyn Elders was asked her opinion on promoting masturbation to discourage youth …
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