This video from ASA's Sociological Insights Video Series features Sara Goldrick-Rab discussing how many undergraduate ...

“Ted Cruz (51461230545)” by Matt Johnson is licensed under CC BY 2.0. While the words of politicians are often reported, the effects of their words are hard to measure. However, a recent study by ...

Sociologists have long examined how states shape families. In the recent case of Syrian refugees resettled in Canada, state policy did more than shape. It dismantled and redefined the family, imposing ...

Parking space is scarce in big cities. In our car-centered culture, the rare days you absolutely need a large truck in a precise place can be a total nightmare. These cones have gotten me through ...

The centaur scene in Disney’s highly acclaimed cartoon Fantasia (1940) clearly communicates gendered expectations for men and women, but there are also racial politics. First, note that, in the film ...

Lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic had a major impact on all kinds of social behaviors, from discrimination to civic engagement and protests. What effect has the pandemic had on more extreme ...

In the last few hundred years, dark-skinned peoples have been likened to apes in an effort to dehumanize them and justify their oppression and exploitation. This is familiar to most Americans as ...

The term “fetal alcohol syndrome” (FAS) refers to a group of problems that include mental retardation, growth problems, abnormal facial features, and other birth defects. The disorder affects children ...

In the spring of 2013, a racial controversy emerged in that usually rarified, entertainment realm of sport. It had to do with the “Redskins” moniker used by the NFL’s Washington, D.C. , franchise, one ...

For the last week of December, we’re re-posting some of our favorite posts from 2012. Cross-posted at Jezebel, the Huffington Post, and Pacific Standard. You might be surprised to learn that at its ...