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Stranded: The Gendered Shortcomings of the CROWN Act

On February 22, 2024, Darryl George received the verdict that his barrel-rolled locs were not protected by the CROWN Act. A high school … Read More

Changing Faces: The Shifting Image of Chinese Student Migrants in American Media

Do you remember the headlines from the 1980s featuring courageous Chinese students fighting for democracy in Tiananmen Square? Fast forward a couple of decades … Read More

The Case for Grandmothers

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 … Read More

Q&A with Dr. Ryan Al-Natour

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 … Read More

We Need A Sociology of Flourishing

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 … Read More

Who gets to speak for autism?

“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 … Read More

Storytelling (a.k.a. Why YOU Should Publish with Contexts)

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, … Read More

The Class Politics of Fine Dining

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 … Read More

Behind the Startup: A Conversation with Benjamin Shestakofsky

We are thrilled to welcome Benjamin Shestakofsky to the Contexts Blog to celebrate the publication of his new book, Behind the Startup: How Venture Capital Shapes … Read More

Reaching the Public (a.k.a. Why YOU should publish with Contexts)

Why write for Contexts Magazine? Hear from the authors who have published with us! In this video, Contexts feature essay authors Stephanie Canizales, Chiara Cooper, … Read More