New & Noteworthy

• Disability and (In)Accessibility in American Churches by Anastasia Dulle presents social science research on the legal and theological justifications for ableism in Christian churches. {3 min read}
• Who’s to Blame for Climate Change? by S. Ericson details a new survey study that reveals how media framing can shape perceptions of climate change. {3 min read}
• Check out our Media Report by Mallory Harrington for recent news featuring social science experts. Last week, Scott Schieman on the state of AI attitudes in the workforce; Musa al-Gharbi on higher education’s “awokening”; and Murat Haner, Justin Pickett, and Melissa Sloan on the shifting target of political violence. Plus, reflections on the life and career of medical sociologist Alice Wong. {4 min read}

From the Archives

• The president’s xenophobic remarks this week renewed political attacks on Somali-Americans. The population is also a target of increased ICE actions in the Twin Cities. This piece – #BlackMuslimsResist: Minnesota Somalis Fight Back – from our partners at the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies places this moment in historical context, reminding us how the president’s 2017 “Muslim ban” caused pain and inspired resistance in the Twin Cities. {3 min read}
• Another TSP article from 2023 highlights how immigration arrests affect the children who witness them, shaping their future relationship with law enforcement. {3 min read}

More from our Partners & Community Pages

Contexts

• Contexts is turning the page on its print magazine, moving to online-only publications. The outgoing editors, Amin Ghaziani and Seth Abrutyn, reflect on the big change and offer a sneak peek at what’s inside the Fall 2025 issue. {4 min read}

Give Theory A Chance 

• In the latest episode of Give Theory A Chance, Kyle Green speaks to Christopher R. Matthews about radical honesty in the methods section, Simone Weil, and conceiving research as sacred. {79 min listen}

Council on Contemporary Families

• This week, CCF reprinted a report by Renee Ryberg and Arielle Kuperberg on the thin landscape of financial assistance for student parents enrolled in colleges and universities. The study was published earlier this year in The Journal of Higher Education. {7 min read}
• Last week, a CCF brief by Zhe (Meredith) Zhang detailed the author’s findings on differences in unpaid caregiving work by gender and sexual identity. The study, by Zhang, Madeline Smith-Johnson, and Bridget K. Gorman, was published last year in Demography. {7 min read}