Books
Sociological takes on recent news and research.
America’s White Hands of Death
The phrase “political polarization” seems to be everywhere these days. Regardless of the topic, as the poles of … Read MoreAntiracism is a Constant Struggle
From the moment President Trump announced his campaign with the claim that Mexican migrants were rapists … Read MoreWhen a School Isn’t Just a School
Nadirah Farah Foley on Ghosts in the Schoolyard. Read MoreFinding Culinary Injustice
The Cooking Gene: A Journey through African American Culinary History in the Old South By Michael W. Twitty Amistad Press, 2017 464 … Read MoreWhen Discrimination Goes to Court
Rights on Trial: How Workplace Discrimination Law Perpetuates Inequality by Ellen Berrey, Robert J. Nelson, and Laura Beth Neilsen University of … Read MoreAll Credentials Aren’t Created Equal
Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy by Tressie McMillan Cottom New Press, 2017 256 pages … Read Morethe politics of trans identities
Trans: Gender and Race in an Age of Unsettled Identities by Rogers Brubaker Princeton University Press, 2016 236 pages With his provocative … Read MoreScorn Wars: Rural White People and Us
Nina Eliasoph on The Politics of Resentment, Strangers in Their Own Land, and Hillbilly elegy. Read MoreGender Politics and Taming the Alpha Male Harem Master
Out of Eden: The Surprising Consequences of Polygamy by David P. Barash. 2016. New York, NY: Oxford … Read MoreRomancing the Data
So we wanted to interview Aziz Ansari about his new book, Modern Romance, because a) it’s really good; b) it’s really good sociology; and c) … Read More