Contexts

understanding people in their social worlds

Policy Brief

Scholars reviews the evidence on a specific area of public policy.

Repeal FOSTA and Decriminalize Sex Work

by Crystal A. Jackson and Jenny Heineman | Summer 2018
Repealing FOSTA will promote the wellbeing and safety of sex workers.In 2018, President Donald Trump signed into law Fight Online Sex Trafficking … Read More

Tobacco 21

by Paula M. Lantz | Winter 2018
Although smoking rates have declined significantly in the United States over the past several decades, the Office of the Surgeon General noted in a 2014 … Read More

About Contexts

Contexts is a quarterly magazine that makes cutting-edge social research accessible to general readers. We're the public face of sociology.

It is a publication of the American Sociological Association, edited by Rashawn Ray (University of Maryland, College Park) and Fabio Rojas (Indiana University).