Good morning! As we head into the Nevada caucuses this weekend and next week, TSP has a host of great research coverage on current political issues. Check out our politics page for more!
The Editors’ Desk:
“Beyonce is Black: Did You Know?” Whaaaaat? Doug Hartmann looks at the sociology behind SNL’s latest.
“Racial Minority Presidential Candidates: #TSPpolitics.” Our first volume, The Social Side of Politics, sheds light on the 2016 primaries.
There’s Research on That!:
“How ‘Banning the Box’ Helps in Offender Reentry.” With bipartisan support for criminal justice reform brewing, Amber Joy Powell looks at research on why “Ban the Box” may work.
“Rape as a Weapon of War” by Miray Philips. Research shows how sexual violence is also a social force.
Discoveries:
“Gasland and Anti-Fracking Movements” by Jack Delehanty. New research highlights how a documentary can mobilize the masses.
Clippings:
“Coates: Poverty Is a Black and White Issue” by Neeraj Rajasekar. Work from Patrick Sharkey, Robert Sampson, and others shows how poverty works different across racial groups.
“A Potential Dark Side to Iran’s ‘White Marriages’” by Allison Nobles. As marriage norms change worldwide, Payvand and the BBC look at the costs and benefits of cohabitation in places like Iran.
From Our Partners:
Scholars Strategy Network:
“How Rights Movements Can Deal with Backlashes against Supreme Court Decisions” by Alexander Lovell. You’ve won the court case, but what happens next?
Contexts:
“Online Dating Choices, Constrained” by Joanna Pepin. New research from Jennifer Lundquist and Ken-Hou Lin looks at racial preferences in online dating across sexualities.
And a Few from the Community Pages:
- Cyborgology on Apple’s encryption fight with the U.S. Government
- ThickCulture on this year’s strange soccer season
- Education and Society looks at how Color-Blind Classrooms Socialize Students to Disregard History
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