TSP Tuesdays, June 25th, 2024

TSP has three new pieces for you to read:

Forrest Lovette and Daniel Cueto-Villalobos spoke with Dr. Samuel Perry on his new co-authored book, The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy on our SOC 101 podcast – check it out here!
We released our TSP’s Summer of Sociology Reading List with 9 new recommended reads for this summer. The list includes topics ranging from the elite global party circuit to the 2020 election insurrection. Let us know if you have suggestions to add!
And our latest Clippings, including 2 new books in Esquire and Politico: Holding It Together: How Women Became America’s Safety Net, by Jessica Calarco and The Last Plantation: Racism and Resistance in the Halls of Congress by James R. Jones, and more!

Kenya’s parliament building was marched on by protestors, with people being shot and teargassed during confrontations – sparked by legislation aimed to increase taxes. Read this piece, Civil Resistance and the International Right to Protest: A Growing Concern for Police Violence, by the Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies on the widespread protests advocating for accountability in 2020, which were often met with resistance from law enforcement that sometimes crossed the legal line.

Context’s new pieces for you to read include:

law and the looky-loo by Sophie X. Liu covers research by Sarah Brayne, Sarah Lageson, and Karen Levy on the increasing reliance on private-sector technologies like Amazon’s Ring for personal safety and “surveillance deputization,” where civilians use their resources to conduct surveillance on behalf of the state.
stranded: the gendered shortcomings of the crown act by Aniya Watkins highlights the need to revise the CROWN Act to include hair length protections, emphasizing that Black men must be included in the fight against race-based hair discrimination.

Slow to Launch: Adult children living with their parents and employment outcomes by Asya Saydam highlighting how brief periods of young men living with their parents can positively impact their early careers, but staying longer than four years can have negative effects on their employment prospects.