Features:
“Deep Play and Flying Rats, with Colin Jerolmack,” by Kyle Green. The contingent relationships between people and pigeons. Oh, and the Million Dollar Pigeon Race.
Citings & Sightings:
“Colbert: If Hispanics Identify as White, GOP’s Alright,” by Kat Albrecht. In a recent wørd segment, the Colbert Report highlighted sociological research on changing racial identifications.
There’s Research on That!
“Why Students Don’t Sweat Sweatshops,” by Jacqui Frost. Remember the uproar over sweatshop labor that led to the rise of brands like American Apparel? Why hasn’t it taken hold with similar reports about today’s iPhones, Nikes, and other items?
Scholars Strategy Network:
“The Deportation Crisis for Latino Men and Their Families,” by Tanya Golash-Boza.
Council on Contemporary Families:
“From the Folks Who Brought You the Weekend: What Unions Do for Women,” by Ruth Milkman.
A Few from the Community Pages:
- Sociological Images wonders whether Americans are becoming less conformist, shows how “average” voters are left out of polarized politics, and remembers anti-Chinese propaganda.
- Families As They Really Are on progress and 51 years of the Equal Pay Act.
- Sociology Lens on why space is a feminist issue.
- Cyborgology on the prevalence and purpose of Trigger Warnings, as well as wearable tech and unwearable tech warnings.
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