New & Noteworthy

• Jordyn Wald’s latest Discovery covers a recent study by Marcus Brooks on colorblind nationalism, examining how online conservatives reshape racial discourse by rejecting “woke” narratives, emphasizing traditional American values, and reframing Black Americans as allies against liberalism.

• In our latest TSP Podcast Episode our board members discuss Kelsey McKinney’s book You Didn’t Hear This From Me and the sociological functions of gossip, inspired by a recent Normal Gossip episode.

From the Archives

• This 2016 piece from the Scholars Strategy Network covers the Supreme Court’s 4-4 deadlock on United States v. Texas on deferring deportations, which left Obama’s deferred action programs blocked, affecting up to five million immigrants. This decision maintained the then legal uncertainty for mixed-status families, limiting their economic opportunities, mobility, and access to education and healthcare.

• As of the time I writing this, Trump is set to release documents relating to the murder of JFK, potentially debunking decades of creative conspiracy theories—if you’re interested in some sociology on conspiracy theories check out this recent piece by S Ericson, What “They” Don’t Want You to Know About Conspiracy Theories.

More from our Partners & Community Pages

Council on Contemporary Families:

• For the children? American views of marriage and divorce in the context of having children by Gayle Kaufman and D’Lane Compton write up their research on how the majority of Americans no longer see marriage as essential for raising children, reflecting shifting attitudes toward marriage, divorce, and family structure.

Center or Holocaust and Genocide Studies:

• Making invisible work visible: interview with Dr. Sarah Cramsey by Tibisay Navarro-Mana coers Dr. Sarah Cramsey’s research on the historical invisibility of early childhood caretaking, particularly during the Holocaust and in Central and Eastern Europe, using unique sources like art, testimonies, and material culture to uncover how care shaped history.