Fathering in the Age of Mass Incarceration
U.S. parents’ child support debt ballooned from $11.3 billion in 1987 to $115 billion in 2017. And as federal involvement in child support increased, new … Read More
inequality
Finding 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 More
Big Data and the American Dream, an Interview with David Grusky
Stanford sociologist David Grusky spent more than three decades conducting research on inequality and social mobility. I sat down with him to talk … Read More
Disrupting the Racial Wealth Gap
African-American families possess a dime for every dollar of white families’ wealth. Among policy ideas to remedy this stark racial wealth divide, baby bonds, basic income, reducing student loan debt, and federal job guarantees hold transformative potential. Read More
Perceptions of Police Procedural Justice
It seems intuitive that the neighborhood you grew up in and your past experiences with authority figures would shape your perceptions of police as helpful … Read More
Risk and Race in Measuring Special Education Need
In 1968, special education scholar Lloyd Dunn argued that African American and other racial or ethnic minority group students were overrepresented in the U.S. special … Read More
Justifying Gentrification
Incoming gentrifiers often appreciate the authenticity, grit, and diversity of their new neighborhoods. Many even acknowledge feeling guilty for contributing to gentrification, the process by … Read More
Harvesters of the White Desert
Abhaben’s shack, her home in the Rann of Kutch for eight months a year, is built of jute bags and plastic sheets. Partially shaded by … Read More
What Does Homeownership Buy?
Regardless of racial or ethnic background, there is a strong American preference for home-owning over renting. While this is found to be true time and … Read More
Higher Ed Can Learn From First-Gen Students
The first-gen experience is all about precarity. As a first-gen college student and first-gen advocate, I know. Unlike our continuing-gen peers, first-gen students don’t necessarily … Read More
