Major health and medical organizations universally recommend six months or more of exclusive breastfeeding to promote children’s development. But meeting this ideal is tough for many mothers.

A large college lecture hall, with some seats brightly lit and others covered in an ominous shadow. Photo by Pixabay from Pexels under Pexels license. On November 9th, 2023 the Florida Board of ...

John Purnell (he/him) is a 4th year undergraduate student studying Sociology at the University of Minnesota. A member of TSP’s undergrad board, John’s research interests include social-psychological ...

A briefing paper prepared by Jill E. Yavorsky, University of North Carolina Charlotte, Yue Qian, University of British Columbia, and Liana Christin Landivar, Women’s Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor, ...

Minjae Kim, Oliver Hahl, Ethan Poskanzer, and Ezra W. Zuckerman Sivan, “When Truth Trumps Facts: Studies on Partisan Moral Flexibility in American Politics,” American Journal of Sociology, 2024 A ...

American caregivers want work-family policies. Americans generally support work-family policies, like paid family leave and childcare subsidies, yet the United States fails to provide these policies ...

In this Context’s piece, Auldridge-Reveles and Murphy (2024) argue that we need a sociology of flourishing or well-being instead of focusing only on social problems.

A woman holding two phones, one with “1000 likes” and the other with none.” “Person Holding Smartphones” by Kaboompics.com is licensed under Pexels License. Women’s voices remain underrepresented in ...

Mallory Harrington (she/her) is a fourth-year PhD student in the Department of Sociology and a JD student at the Law School at the University of Minnesota. Her research interests include online ...

Thompson (2024) examines parental preferences in school selection, highlighting how individual choices influence school communities. The study finds that parents prioritize overall school achievement ...

Wealth supports individuals and families in innumerable ways. In the form of homeownership, wealth facilitates school and neighborhood choice. In the form of financial assets, wealth is essential for ...

Can you to imagine a world without care, a world without teachers, nurses or childcare workers? Caring for others is a crucial part of society, and care workers are in fact essential for its ...