Contexts Blog
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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by Sammy Wu, Emma Mishel, Paula England, and Kristine Wang
Sociologists have long been interested in immigrant assimilation. They have usually focused on how well immigrants are able to learn English, earn educational degrees, find …
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by Rashawn Ray and Fabio Rojas
Structure and freedom are inevitably linked. Social structures may shift, leading to new possibilities for action. Barriers and constraints may disappear, encouraging people …
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by Emma Mishel and Paula England
A growing proportion of Americans have had a same-sex sex partner at some point during their life, especially among women (as we show here …
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