Contexts

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Individuals Transforming Criminal Justice

This photo series explores the origins of how misconceptions such as one-dimensional expression and emotional inaccessibility have come to be. I

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CEO of the Flikshop app, TED speaker, and Techstars alumni. (Photo courtesy of Marcus Bullock) I had the opportunity to interview Marcus Bullock,

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A school police vehicle. (Photo by Rescuenav via Flickr, cc). In this article on School Police Officers (SPOs), we showcase the link between SPOs and

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Fabio Rojas and Rashawn Ray, Editors of Contexts Magazine. (Photo by Alisha Kirchoff) One of the most striking developments in modern American

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Photo by Li-An Lim on Unsplash I teach many classes in environmental sociology and they are all steeped in the belief that we, as sociologists, must

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Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar California Supreme Court Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar has served in many roles, including as a professor of law at

1 min read 2021-10-20 02:52:20

Photo by Timo Wielink on Unsplash The nation’s growing racial diversity received significant media attention following the release of the 2020

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Photo by Kate Townsend on Unsplash As the country steadily recovers from the pandemic and businesses reopen their doors, aggrieved restaurateurs have

1 min read 2021-10-01 00:05:35

Photo by RJA1988 via Pixabay When discussing US policies on sexual commerce, we live in a country where truth, science, and facts do not always

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Photo by Stavrialena Gontzou on Unsplash New Gallup numbers on LGBT Americans are causing quite the stir after the 2020 polling of over 15,000 U.S.

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Photo by Ivan Aleksic on Unsplash The one thing we know is that teaching sociology is uncomfortable and controversial, but necessary now as ever. Our

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Protesters at a Stop Abortion Bans Rally in St Paul, Minnesotan in 2019. (Photo by Lorie Shaull, Source Flickr, CC) The anti-abortion movement is

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A woman dressed as Elsa, the Disney princess. (Photo by Lydia Turner on Unsplash) Fictional princesses have new expressions beyond toys, motion

1 min read 2021-08-31 06:47:53

Photo taken on September 12, 2020. Not even two days after BLM protestors painted the rock, white supremacists painted “BLM has no home here” on

1 min read 2021-08-27 19:00:32

Photo by Arièle Bonte on Unsplash We live in a moment of remarkable inconsistency in the gender structure. We have ever-increasing numbers of young