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No foolin’ from us today, there is just a lot of great new content over on TSP this week! From family policy to freegans, we’ve got you covered.

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“The Politics of Poverty Policy“. Doug Hartmann highlights new work from the Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality.

There’s Research on That!:

“The Social Ties of Terrorism” by Evan Stewart. In the face of recent tragedies, social science helps us make sense of the motives and methods behind terror.

Discoveries:

“Freegan Foragers’ Moral Mission” by Sarah Catherine Billups. New research from Alex Barnard digs into dumpster diving.

Clippings:

Give Methods a Chance:

This week Kyle Green talks to R. Tyson Smith about ethnography

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Contexts:

“#callmecaitlyn and contemporary trans* visibility” by D’Lane Compton and Tristan Bridges. “The public celebration and recognition of transgender people is a start, but it has not yet been matched by achievements in gender equality and diversity.”

And a Few from the Community Pages:

• Sociology Lens shows how study abroad could make students go green
• Sociological Images looks at charismatic leaders and where the wild quakes are.

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Hello from Chicago! The TSP crew is in the Windy City this weekend for the Midwest Sociological Association’s 2016 meeting, but not to worry, we took a quick break from the panels and presentations to round up our latest coverage for you.

The Editors’ Desk:

“Race, Resentment, Rage,” by Doug Hartmann. Doug reflects on some of the larger racial contexts surrounding the rise of Trump.

There’s Research on That!:

“FBiPhone and Coders’ Free Speech,” by Jacqui Frost. On whether or not code is speech and the very real consequences of what it can say.

Clippings:

“A Decade of Housing Occupation in Turin’s Olympic Village,” by Allison Nobles.  Sergio Scamuzzi talks to The Guardian about what becomes of Olympic villages once the games ends.

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“Measuring The Social Impact of Mass Imprisonment on America’s Black and White Families and Communities,” by Hedwig Lee, Tyler McCormick, Margaret T. Hicken, and Christopher Wildeman.

“Winning Public Arguments About Renewable Energy,” by Johannes Urpelainen.

Council on Contemporary Families:

“This is for All the Single People,” by Braxton Jones.

Contexts:

“How to Do Ethnography Right.” Syed Ali and Phil Cohen organize a special forum on best practices and important debates among ethnographers.

And a Few from the Community Pages:

• Feminist Reflections visualizes time use research.
• Cyborgology talks technology and Louis C.K. and debates whether or not Trump is a troll.
• Sociological Images introduces Super Sunday.

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Hello, everyone! This week was spring break for the TSP team, but our R&R still includes research. Here’s a look at our latest coverage.

Discoveries:

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There’s Research on That!:

“Revictimization after Sexual Assault” by Amber Joy Powell. While they aim to catch perpetrators, research shows how the criminal justice system risks challenging victims as well.

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Contexts:

“The Paper Ceiling” by Brittany Dernberger. New research shows journalists’ networks often mean women are less likely to end up in news coverage.

“Smoking Drives Mortality Inequalities” by Rose Malinowski Weingartner. Education associates with better health, and it looks like smoking is a big part of the link.

And A Few From The Community Pages:

• Education and Society looks at links between in-school discipline and the criminal justice system.
• Feminist Reflections reflects on public sociology.
• Cyborgology explains the “explainer candidate“

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Boy, do we have a lot to round up for you this week! We’ve got an array of new pieces on diversity and inequality in church, in sports, and at work, plenty on the presidential elections, and a few on families and parenting. See below for more!

The Editors’ Desk:

“Beyonce in the Belly of the Sporting Beast,” by Doug Hartmann. Why Americans expect conversations about race and gender to stay off the field.

“Scholars Strategy Network’s Timely Election Work.” This week, we highlight some timely pieces from SSN on politics, including an interview from their podcast, NoJargon.

Discoveries:

“Sunday Morning Segregation,” by Evan Stewart.  “For American religion, it isn’t just about who chooses the pews; we have to look at who builds them, too.”

Clippings:

“Reproducing Racial Wealth and Education Gaps,” by Amber Powell. The Atlantic turns to sociological research to challenge myths of a post-racial America.

“Talk Parenting: Opening Up About Sex, Drugs, and Booze,” by Allison Nobles. How a new generation of parents are talking with their kids about sex and drugs rather than just saying no.

“Seeing Diversity through Blind Hiring,” by Neeraj Rajasekar. Why companies need to consider skill first, and “fit” later.

There’s Research on That!:

“Milgram’s Shocking Social Science,” by Ryan Larson. Apart from Milgram’s success at demonstrating the scary side of obedience, his studies were a major driver of ethical debates in social science that continue today.

Give Methods a Chance:

“Jay Borchert on Conducting Interviews in Prison,” with Sarah Lageson.

From Our Partners:

Scholars Strategy Network:

“What We Know – And Need to Learn – About Progress Against Sex Discrimination in Higher Education,” by Celene Reynolds.

Council on Contemporary Families:

“Three Questions with Linda Nielsen,” with Molly McNulty. Nielsen answer questions about her research on father-daughter relationships.

Contexts:

“Keeping it Real with Twitter and #RealAcademicBios,” by Stephen Barnard.

And A Few From The Community Pages:

• Families As They Really Are asks if millennials are feminists and answers why boys need to learn about emotional intimacy.
• Sociological Images gets political with thoughts on Sanders and intersectionality as well as Trump’s race problem.
• Feminist Reflections reflects on the decline of barbershops.
• Cyborgology requests that we stop talking about Trump’s penis and explains why polling is a distraction.

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Hello, everyone! While the pundits are sorting out everything that happened this week, we’re here with a look at the best of TSP post-Super Tuesday.

The Editors’ Desk:

“The Sociology of Nate Silver and 538: #TSPpolitics” With Super Tuesday come and gone, but polling and projections still going strong, our editors brought back a classic piece by Andrew Lindner from The Social Side of Politics. 

There’s Research on That!:

“Safer Sex for Male Inmates” by Sara Anderson. A guest post this week rounds up research on the growing problem of sexual health in America’s prison system.
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Hello hello! This week we have a slew of great new stuff on a wide array of current events, including diversity at the Oscars, environmental inequality in Flint, and working family policies across the country. Be sure to stop by or see below for more!

The Editors’ Desk:

“Religion and U.S. Elections: #TSP Politics.” This week, we highlight a classic white paper from our Politics volume by Joe Gerteis on the ties between religion and political power.

There’s Research on That!:

“There’s Something in the Water,” by Sarah Catherine Billups and Caty Taborda. Sociological research shows how the Flint water crisis is no fluke. more...

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.

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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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Happy February and happy Friday, everyone!  From family leave policy to the facts behind the latest Netflix drama, we have a feast of new sociology to kick off your weekend.

The Editors’ Desk:

“Sociologists Writing and Being Read.” Doug Hartmann looks at public sociology in The New Yorker and The Atlantic this week.

There’s Research on That!

“Un-Making a Murderer Still Leaves a Mark.” While we all start armchair law school with Netflix’s Making a Murderer, Ryan Larson looks at the social science of exoneration.

Discoveries:

“Bilingual Benefits Vary by Gender” by Allison Nobles. New research from Jennifer C. Lee and Sarah J. Hatteberg shows how the stigma of speaking Spanish affects Latino men and Latina women differently.

Clippings:

“Policies to Support Working Parents” by Amber Powell. Michael Kimmel writes in Fast Company about how corporations can live out their “family first” ideals.

Give Methods a Chance:

C.J. Pascoe on Ethnographic Research. This week’s podcast discusses the joys of being an ethnographer, the difficulties of accessing youth culture, and how entering a school allowed a more nuanced understanding of contemporary masculinity.

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Scholars Strategy Network:

“The Downside of Urban Growth By Undemocratic Means.” Michael Peter Smith shows how cities turn to private boards to fix their infrastructure, and how this can undermine voters’ voices.

Contexts:

“A Gap Between Soc Classrooms and the Field.“Andrew Lindner looks at a gap in teaching and research citations that shows we may not always practice what we preach.

And a Few from the Community Pages:

• Families as They Really Are says Americans put too much weight in romantic love.
• Feminist Reflections looks at bringing theatre into the sociology classroom.

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Good morning! This week at TSP we extend a hearty welcome to Sociology Toolbox—a new community page courtesy of Todd Beer at Lake Forest College. Check it out and have a look at what else we’ve been up to below!

The Editors’ Desk

There’s Research on That!:

“AirBnb’s Anti-Black Problem” by Aisha Upton. Research shows how the popular app fits into a long history of racialized housing discrimination.

“Incarcerated Women in a Double Bind” by Allison Nobles. The U.S. criminal justice system made a big shift from rehabilitation to “tough on crime” in the last 40 years, but it looks like women still get the worst of both worlds.

Discoveries:

Give Methods a Chance:

The team is back for the new year and talking through research with discussion groups with Alejandro Baer.

From Our Partners:

Scholars Strategy Network:

And a Few from our Community Pages:

• The new Sociology Toolbox breaks down the data on police killings and race.
• Feminist Reflections scrapes movie websites to look at inequality in Hollywood.
• Cyborgology offers a critical take on big data that raises big questions about what we research and why.

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Hello again everyone! This week we have a roundup of both classic older pieces and some great new ones. See below for sociological insights into everything from lottery tickets, to MLK day, to racial diversity on TV.

Clippings:

“Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.” by Hollie Nyseth Brehm. On Monday, Americans will celebrate the life of MLK, Jr., but this classic Clipping explains how the ways MLK is remembered and celebrated are often contested.

Discoveries:

“Talking Trash: High-Status Explanations for Watching Low-Brow TV,” by Sarah Catherine Billups. It’s awards season, meaning that many of us are reflecting on the movies and TV shows, both good and bad, we watched over the last year. This piece from last year might help you defend some of your choices…

There’s Research on That!:

“Back in Living Color? Diversity on TV,” by Stephen Suh. Awards season also all too often reveals the underlying racial and gender dynamics that play out in the entertainment industry. Check out this great piece for research on racial diversity in American television.

From Our Partners:

Contexts:

“Before You Buy Your Lottery Ticket, Consider This,” by Kasey Henricks.

“Who Thinks Sex with Same-Sex Partners is ‘Wrong’?” by Jessie Ford and Paula England.

“Suicide’s Gender Divide,” by Lucia Lykke.

Also, check out Context’s first “Ask a Sociologist,” with Jennifer Lee.

Scholars Strategy Network:

“How to Break America’s Logjam on Guns and Gun Violence,” by Philip J. Cook and Kristin Goss.

And a Few from our Community Pages:

• Feminist Reflections reflects on women’s graffiti and men’s grooming.
• Sociological Lens reviews Not Gay: Sex Between Straight White Men.
• Cyborgology talks robocalls, algorithmic writing, and the radical promise of the rustbelt.

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