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Digital Punishment’s Tangled Web
Online mugshots and crime reports comprise an emerging—and sticky—form of extralegal punishment. Read MoreSix Lessons of Suicide Bombers
This article was published in 2007. Click below for the link to the article on the publisher’s website, ctx.sagepub.com. In … Read MoreNot a Snowball’s Chance for Science
Ego networks and echo chambers mean politicians don’t cross the aisle until they’re ready to argue. Read MoreBorder-crossings in Literature and Sociology
Back in February, Philip Kasinitz organized a wonderful panel on crossing borders in literature and sociology at the Eastern Sociological Society meeting in New York City. He brought together four brilliant writers who engage in creative non-fiction and fiction: Suketu Mehta, Suki Kim, Teju Cole, and Andre Aciman. Read MoreBathroom Battlegrounds and Penis Panics
How transgender rights legislation got framed as “bathroom bills,” with seemingly everyone trying to mark their territory. Read MoreMarrying Across Class Lines
All marriages have their ups and downs, but cross-class marriages may see unique challenges. Photo by Garry Knight. Christie, a cheerful social worker in … Read MoreCarrying Guns, Contesting Gender
How carrying a concealed weapon reinforces and challenges gender norms and changes how women move through and experience public space. Read MoreMolly Deaths and the Failed War on Drugs
Sociologist Tammy L. Anderson proposes that the 2003 RAVE Act may endanger ravers more than protect them. Today's popularity of huge commercial raves—and the incidence of health complications at them—suggests this relic law of the twentieth century War on Drugs needs our attention.. Read MoreMedicalizing Racism
Sociologist James M. Thomas examines how public and scientific accounts of racism draw upon medical and psychological models, and how this contributes to our understandings of racism as a medical, rather than social, problem. Read MoreMothering While Disabled
Sociologist Angela Frederick argues the legacy of the Eugenics movement persists today. She explores how mothers with disabilities continue to face pervasive threats to their right to parent. Read More