One man’s stigma is another man’s… professional asset? Recent research in the Journal of Applied Social Sciences...
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In January 2025, wildfires tore through Los Angeles County, reducing entire communities to ashes and displacing tens...
In their recent Contexts article “Ideology Versus Truth on Campus,” Lawence Eppard and Jacob Mackey explore descriptive...
We’ve been told a lot about Artificial Intelligence (AI), which refers to machines capable of human-like abilities...
I come from a family of 10 children. Neither of my parents went to college. I dropped...
Children have become a not-so-hidden workforce of fame and fortune on social media platforms. In their article...
When the second Trump administration’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) started gutting the IRS, aiming for...
How does artificial intelligence reshape the experience of aging—and what can we do about it? In their...
Does attending church encourage greater acceptance of atheists? In a new open-access article in Political Behavior, we...
There’s widespread consensus that racism, sexism, and classism are pervasive social problems requiring consensus and coordination to...
Why do families sometimes create detailed loan agreements when providing financial help to relatives, even though these...
In “Psychiatric Gaslighting: The Surveillance of Mental Illness during Pregnancy,” published in Social Problems, authors Charlotte Abel and...
Migrant labor sustains U.S. agriculture. It is essential and constant. Yet the people who do the work...
When I asked Manisha to describe her gender identity, she gave a simple response: “meh.” “I don’t...
Protect the dolls. Inspired by the 1980s ballroom scene and popularized by fashion designer Conner Ives, this...
from the editors in brief: “Fire Flight,” Parker Muzzerall “Listing Addiction on Your Resume,” Elena G. Van...
A few months ago, I walked into a HomeGoods and saw one of my brightest former students...
Jonathan Wynn, UMass sociologist and author of The Tour Guide, Music/City, and The City and the Hospital,...
