Viewpoints
Roundtable discussion of pressing issues of our day.
Why Sociology Needs Science Fiction
“You can’t tell a story like [the financial crisis] with realism. You need fantasy to explain it.” –Max Gladstone, author of The Craft Cycle … Read MoreResist, or What?
Exploring a time of contentious political engagement, from individual actions to the social, regional, and topical movements taking form online, in the halls of government, and out in the streets Read MoreVirginia is for Lovers
Four essays on the Loving v. Virginia case, including the “bureaucratic genocide” that narrowed mildred loving’s racial identity, the persistence of racial binaries alongside the rise of intermarriage, and public constructions of memory. Read Moretitle ix at xlv
Title IX turned 45 this year. This would normally be a cause for celebration, but these are not normal times. Instead, as with many advances … Read MoreWhitewashing the Working Class
Six essays consider the emotion, economic power, racial animus, alienation, anti-elitism, and exploitation of the “white working class”—and how it all fit into the 2016 election. Read MoreChump Change
In truth, poverty is an anomaly to rich people. It is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the … Read MoreFinancial Foreclosures
As far as acronyms go, SIGTARP is a stiffly prosecutorial one. It stands for the Office of the Special Inspector General for TARP. The latter, … Read MoreMaking Sports More Sporting
Editors’ note: This version has been updated to correct a number of typos that carried over from an early draft. It now reflects the print … Read MoreThe Unborn and the Undead
Rights and rhetoric clash in abortion politics. Read MoreBlack and Blue
The pieces that follow explore the tangled web of race, policing, and justice in America, with a view toward healing. Read More