Contexts Blog
by Chandra Reyna
More than 7,000 Central American migrants are currently in Baja California, Mexico, waiting to apply for U.S. asylum. They have traveled thousands of miles, …
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by Veronica Montes
It is near 5pm on Monday, November 5, 2018 when I arrived at the sports stadium Jesus Martinez “Palillo” in Mexico City. The first Central …
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by Letta Page
This time of year, it’s always worth revisiting Norton Sociology’s excellent short interview between Karen Sternheimer and Joel Best — five minutes on moral panic, …
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by Christian Vaccaro
In 2013 and 2017, I was elected as a Council member in Leechburg, a town of about 2,000 residents. My platform included using the …
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by Sammy Wu, Emma Mishel, and Paula England
According to a recent study of college students by Elizabeth A. Armstrong and colleagues, some young women from working class backgrounds see their affluent …
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by Janice McCabe
In the summer issue of Contexts, we published a condensed Q&A drawn from Janice McCabe’s interview with Cornel West. To help power us into the …
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by Timothy M. Gill
This year marks the 200th birthday of Karl Marx. Activists continue to evoke his name in their struggles, academics continue to engage with his work …
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by Judith Taylor
When you spend a good deal of time with a person as they make their way from this world to the next, you are bound …
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by Contexts Magazine
Editors’ Note: In observance of the first anniversary of the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, Contexts is republishing our collection of essays written in …
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by Contexts Magazine
Editors’ Note: In observance of the first anniversary of the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, Contexts is republishing our collection of essays written in …
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