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Guest posts

Fitting in or finding a way out?

Behaving badly might be the most efficacious intervention our discipline can make right now. Read More

Trouble in the Nail Industry

Sociologists, journalists, policy makers, advocates, owners, workers, and customers should work together for industry-wide changes, without vilifying immigrants or making them more vulnerable. Read More

The triple crisis of sociology

Why not return to the classical tradition of Marx and Weber when sociology asked the great questions and was in its reflexive, interpretative mode? Read More

Riot Grrrl: Love You Like a Sister

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. Read More

The Whiteness of Oscar Night

In 2001, African American actors Denzel Washington and Halle Berry took home Academy Awards for Best Actor (Training Day) and Best Actress (Monster’s Ball), respectively. Read More

The Shame Game: New York City Cops’ Union and Power Politics

Wenjian Liu’s funeral marked the fourth time the New York Policemen’s Benevolent Association—the cops’ union—turned their backs on NYC Mayor Bill DeBlasio. It likely won’t … Read More

"I Can Breathe," and the Occasional Fear of Covering Protests

Last night, I shot the above picture, which went far more viral than anything I’ve ever posted to Twitter. I shot it while spending … Read More

On Scholarly Activism

Photo by David Shankbone from Flickr Creative Commons The moment before you are served up to an audience as the attraction for the next … Read More

Covering the Three Missouri Michaels

What did we learn about America as the media covered three young Black men in Missouri—an NFL recruit, an HIV-positive alleged sex offender, and a … Read More