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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 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 Syed Ali and Philip N. Cohen
Contexts is a labor of love, not just for the editors, but for our writers, editorial board members, and everyone else involved. There …
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by Philip N. Cohen
I have only a superficial understanding of how to use photography to both present information and communicate a subtext that supports my opinions, but I do my best.
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by Philip N. Cohen
Obviously I was in no frame of mind to do any kind of dispassionate analysis.
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by syed ali and philip cohen
Ethnographies are works of deep research based on in-depth, open-ended interviews and keen observations of how people go about their lives in different contexts. Researchers …
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by Philip Cohen & Syed Ali
It’s not that information does or doesn’t want to be free, but it is certainly the case that information travels very light.
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by Philip Cohen
Contexts is facilitating a follow-up conversation in response to American Sociological Association President Paula England's Presidential Address.
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by Philip Cohen
The politics, demography, history, identity, law, and culture of where we are, how we got here, and what comes next.
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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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