Culture, Society, and DE&I

This piece is dedicated in honor of the lives lost in Atlanta, Georgia on March 16th, 2021 due to more senseless anti-Asian violence. All U.S. federal and state entities should disaggregate data on the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. Currently, reports divided by racial categories often conceal the major differences in the AAPI population. […]

“Hopefully an increased awareness about these issues will, in fact, turn the tide," the director for the Institute for Asian American Studies said.

Prof W Petersen article on ability to overcome prejudices against them; traces injustices culminating with detention during World War II; sees pride in heritage as major factor shaping lives of Japanese; illus

A record 23 million Asian Americans trace their roots to more than 20 countries in East and Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent.

National service programs can bring together older and younger people to serve side by side, producing a windfall of human and social capital, plus much-needed generational and cultural understanding.

(2021). The financialization of anti-capitalism? The case of the ‘Financial Independence Retire Early’ community. Journal of Cultural Economy. Ahead of Print.

Young adults are in an important transition period from financially depending on their parents to becoming financially independent. The purpose of this study was to identify factors associated with p...

Sixteen of the suspects are in custody; five remain on the run, officials said.

The U.S. fertility rate hit a record low in 2020 — just as it did in 2019, and 2018. Although the COVID-19 pandemic seems to have accelerated this decline, the …

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Stephen Vaisey, Kevin Kiley Sociological Science March 22, 2021 10.15195/v8.a5 Abstract Recent work argues that changes in people's responses to the same question over time should be thought of as reflecting a fixed baseline subject to temporary local influences, rather than durable changes in respo...

We’re not going to find a set of fixed divisions that works across arenas — such as social attitudes, family behavior, and economic status.

See the 922 faces of power behind Hollywood, the justice system, big businesses and more; 180 of them identify as Black, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, multiracial or otherwise a person of color.

Seeking more than representation, a critic tries to make sense of a fragmented, disparate musical tradition

A survey by sociologist Karl Pillemer revealed that about 25% of people live with some kind of family estrangement, and those damaged relationships take a toll — mentally and physically.

One example of the pitfalls of Pew’s “generations,” using environmental attitudes.

"He eats bread and drinks beer but it does not go well for him, then says, ‘Oh, my heart!’ and is dejected."

Two entrepreneurs have built a business dredging up white women’s shame.

A recent firing at The Associated Press is the latest example of the way in which our digital pasts are never far from the present, despite what early internet evangelists thought.

Muscle Milk, The Rock, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Men's Health, and Brad Pitt's Abs

Computer algorithms that scan everything from terror watch lists to eviction records spit out flawed tenant screening reports. And almost nobody is watching

The widely diverse Asian American community is broadly prosperous by many metrics, but individual hardships faced by some groups cannot be overlooked.

A year after the police killing of George Floyd sparked the summer of 2020’s Black Lives Matter protests, the bulk of Americans don’t expect race relations to improve.

We created a 3-D model of Greenwood, home of “Black Wall Street,” as it was before a white mob set it on fire 100 years ago.

America’s obsession with home renovation is a cash cow for streamers—though the neighbors might complain.