The image above depicts a dark time in U.S. history. This was the face of racial discrimination before the 1960s.
Public, common, direct, and fueled by outright racial animus.
Scholars define racial discrimination as “different treatment on the basis of race that disadvantages a racial group.” In other words, racial…
A press release from the University of Pennsylvania demands your attention: “In the U.S., COVID-19 wasn’t sole cause of excess deaths in 2020.”
The first sentence reads, “By the year 2017, the United States was already suffering more excess deaths and more life years lost each year than those associated…
The U.S. News and World Report (USNWR) released their graduate program rankings for 2021, including “Best Sociology Programs,” this week. USNWR releases these rankings roughly every 3–4 years. Each time a new edition of the rankings comes out, there is quite a bit of chatter among academics.
One key topic…
