Muslim and Anti-Muslim Extremism in the United States

“Saving America, Once Again: Comparing the Anti-Trump Resistance of 2017-18 to the Tea Party of 2009-11” Eight years apart, the election of Barack Obama with a Democratic Congress in 2008 parallels the election of Donald Trump and a GOP Congress … Read more

The Importance of Being Agnes: Locating Harold Garfinkel’s Case Study in Historical Context 

Working for Respect:  Community and Conflict at Walmart In Working for Respect, Adam Reich and Peter Bearman examine how workers make sense of their jobs at places like Walmart in order to consider the nature of contemporary low-wage work, as … Read more

Prophets and Patriots: Faith in Democracy Across the Political Divide In the wake of the Great Recession and amid rising discontent with government responsiveness to ordinary citizens, Braunstein followed participants in two very different groups—a progressive faith-based community organization and a conservative Tea Party group—as … Read more

Social Inequalities in Health: An Institutional Perspective Since the mid-20th century, U.S. healthcare policies have required working-age Americans to access health insurance through their linkages to employers, spouses, or children. Recent changes to U.S. healthcare policy prompted by the passage … Read more