In OtherWords: November 25, 2020

In OtherWords: November 25, 2020

We’re off for Thanksgiving this week, but I wanted to share some recent favorites that might deserve another look. We’ve got several good pieces debriefing the election results — on the critical roles played by Black and low-income voters, on the...
In OtherWords: November 25, 2020

In OtherWords: November 18, 2020

This week, in our continued coverage of the 2020 election, Tracey L. Rogers looks at the critical role Black voters and other voters of color played, often against considerable odds, in tipping the election to Joe Biden. Will Biden return the favor? Although Trump has...
We Need a Safety Net for Parents

We Need a Safety Net for Parents

This week my students turned in papers relating news articles to what they learned in class about parenting. Every single student’s paper is about how the pandemic is exacerbating pre-existing inequalities. I’m a teaching assistant in a family sociology course, and...