Sociology
It’s closing time for an alarming number of gay bars in cities around the globe—but it’s definitely not the last dance
An eye-opening portrait of the gun sellers who navigated the social turmoil leading up to the January 6 Capitol attack
A critical history of the social media influencer’s rise to global prominence
How everyday forms of surveillance threaten undocumented immigrants—but also offer them hope for societal inclusion
A neighborhood-by-neighborhood guide to New York City’s northern borough, from the award-winning author of The New York Nobody Knows
A panoramic account of the urban politics and deep social divisions that gave rise to Uber
How our reliance on Child Protective Services makes motherhood precarious for those already marginalized
How the misuses of Martin Luther King’s legacy divide us and undermine democracy
How China’s economic development combines a veneer of unprecedented progress with the increasingly despotic rule of surveillance over all aspects of life
An exploration of the ways that shifting relations between materiality and language bring about different forms of politics in Tehran
How social scientists' disagreements about their key words and distinctions have been misconceived, and what to do about it
An incisive portrait of how the new Black politics can forge a future centered on collective action, community, and care
The largely untold story of the great migration of white southerners to the industrial Midwest and its profound and enduring political and social consequences
From the Nobel Prize–winning economist and New York Times bestselling coauthor of Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism, candid reflections on the economist’s craft
How cable television upended American political life in the pursuit of profits and influence
How the drug war transformed American political culture
The communities, congregations, and faith-based coalitions that have been working for racial justice over the past fifty years
A philosopher examines the complicated phenomenon of gaslighting
Why debunked political rumors persist and how to combat them
The uses of shame (and shamelessness) in spheres that range from social media and consumerism to polarized politics and mass violence