Human Interaction as Chemistry
Occasionally we here at Sociological Images like to put up something we really like. To that end, I submit to you this public service announcement for science careers in the European Union (made by a...
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Why and How People of Color are Included in Advertising: 3rd in a Series
In this series, I offer a typology reflecting the ways in which people of color are used in advertising aimed primarily at whites (see the first and the second in the series). In this, the third...
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Juxtaposing Wealth and Poverty
Ghanimah A. sent us these images for Cordaid, an “international development organisation” that specializes in “emergency aid and structural poverty eradication.” We would love to know what you think....
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Ok, so this isn’t an image, but it seemed like something our readers might be interested in, so I’m making an exception. Larry (of The Daily Mirror) sent in a link to this story in the New York Times...
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Spain’s Voluntary Return Policy
When people in the U.S. talk about immigration and concerns over it, we often forget that the U.S. is not the only country with a large immigrant population or conflicts over how that immigrant...
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Who is an American? Racist Twits and the Rest of Us
Two recent events had a strikingly similar theme. Kenichi Ebina won America’s Got Talent and Nina Davuluri won Miss America. In both instances, other Americans objected to their victories, claiming...
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Why Income Inequality Will Likely Keep Getting Worse
Thomas Piketty has just published a massive new book tackling the explosive growth in income inequality. Here’s what it looked like in Europe and the United States in 2010 (source): A New York Times...
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Industry’s Influence on Trade Policy
President Obama continues to press for a form of fast track approval to ensure Congressional support for two major trade agreements: the Trans-Pacific Trade Partnership Agreement (with 11 other...
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The Corrupt Economics Behind Greece’s Troubles
It seems certain that the political economy textbooks of the future will include a chapter on the experience of Greece in 2015. On July 5, 2015, the people of Greece overwhelmingly voted “NO” to the...
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Mizzou and Millennial tolerance for shutting down free speech
This November, a wave of student activism drew attention to the problem of racism at colleges and universities in the US. Sparked by protests at the University of Missouri, nicknamed Mizzou, we saw...
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A Sociology of Brexit: What Motivated the “Leave”?
Will Davies, a politics professor and economic sociologist at Goldsmiths, University of London, summarized his thoughts on Brexit for the Political Economy and Research Centre, arguing that the split...
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