New & Noteworthy

• A new study from PhD candidate Aven Peters shows that people who have physical disabilities are significantly more likely to identify as transgender. Find out more in Disabling the Gender Binary, written by Anastasia Dulle. {2 min read}
• Check out our Media Report by Jan-Rose Davis for recent news featuring social science experts. Last week, Elena Moore on the invisible burden of care work, Abdelilah Farah on Gen Z’s protest culture in Morocco, and Adam Coutts on the importance of community resilience. {2 min read}

From the Archives

• During the past two weeks, headlines and social media feeds buzzed with excitement about the Artemis II mission around the moon. Check out this 2015 Contexts article by Janet Vertesi to read about the sociology behind our interactions and fascination with science, technology, and outer space. {7 min read}
• Tomorrow is Tax Day in the United States. Last year, CCF interviewed Ruth Braunstein about her 2025 book My Tax Dollars: The Morality of Taxpaying in America, which covers research showing how paying taxes is a moral issue for a diverse array of Americans. {9 min read}

More from our Partners & Community Pages

Council on Contemporary Families

• CCF reprinted a report from Liana Christin Landivar and Pilar Gonalons-Pons analyzing how childcare centers closing during COVID-19 impacted care providers and parents. {5 min read}

Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies

• Henning Schroeder wrote a reflection for the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies on 1970s media discourses in post-war West Germany. {5 min read}