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            by Paula England
            What keeps young women who really don't want to get pregnant from contracepting consistently? It's mostly not cost or male-partner obstruction. Efficacy seems important. 
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            by Rachel Allison
            Those working for women’s soccer see that while sexualized imagery may draw eyeballs in the short term, it does little to build a lasting audience for women’s soccer. 
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            by David L. Reznik
            Behaving badly might be the most efficacious intervention our discipline can make right now. 
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            by Miliann Kang
            Sociologists, journalists, policy makers, advocates, owners, workers, and customers should work together for industry-wide changes, without vilifying immigrants or making them more vulnerable. 
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            by Nicole Bedera
            A look at what recent sociological research has to say about domestic violence. 
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            by Lucia Lykke
            We asked, you answered: what should sociology’s next hot research topic be? 5,162 votes on 95 ideas later, we have results for you. A little background … 
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            by Letta Page
            Since Massachusetts broke the barrier more than a decade ago, same-sex marriage has become legal in 37 US states. Simultaneously, so-called "religious freedom" laws have swept across 21 states, poking loopholes in existing state and local discrimination protections against LGBT individuals---if such protections exist at all. 
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            by Ivan Szelenyi
            Why not return to the classical tradition of Marx and Weber when sociology asked the great questions and was in its reflexive, interpretative mode? 
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            by Kate Angell
            Boston's Mayor Marty Walsh declared April 9th "Riot Grrrl Day." Kate Angell reflects on the Riot Grrrl movement and gives us an awesome playlist to boot. 
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            by Grad team
            Update: We closed this poll after 30 days and over 5,000 votes. See the results here! We’ve all had a burning question about social life … 
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