Video PUP Speaks: 鈥淭he neighborhood is no longer what it used to be鈥� February 09, 2022 鈥淭he neighborhood is no longer what it used to be. The experience of blackness is not either.鈥� Joseph C. Ewoodzie Jr. explains how talking to Jacksonians about their food choices helped him to understand more about their changing racial and cultural identities. Read More
Podcast Getting Something to Eat in Jackson February 06, 2022 Getting Something to Eat in Jackson uses food鈥攚hat people eat and how鈥攖o explore the interaction of race and class in the lives of African Americans in the contemporary urban South. Read More
Essay Skill, power, and control in the world of Qatar鈥檚 migrant workers January 27, 2022 On the shoreline of Doha, Qatar, a tacky countdown clock, an enormous fuchsia hourglass cast in acrylic and sponsored by the luxury watchmaker Hublot, flashes the days, minutes, and seconds until the first ball of the 2022 FIFA World Cup is kicked at 6pm on November 21, 2022. Read More
Podcast The January 6th Capitol insurrection one year on January 06, 2022 Hate crimes. Misinformation and conspiracy theories. Foiled white-supremacist plots. The signs of growing far-right extremism are all around us, and communities across America and around the globe are struggling to understand how so many people are being radicalized and why they are increasingly attracted to violent movements.聽 Read More
Video PUP Speaks: Cynthia Miller-Idriss on the anniversary of the January 6th Capitol attack January 05, 2022 The 2021 attack on the Capitol changed the face of the United States. As the events of January 6th unfolded they were televised across the world, allowing a global audience to experience a violent response to an election held in what was once considered the world鈥檚 foremost democracy. Read More
Interview Shannon Lee Dawdy on American Afterlives October 25, 2021 Death in the United States is undergoing a quiet revolution. You can have your body frozen, dissected, composted, dissolved, or tanned. Read More
Essay Poverty, pandemic, and peace of mind October 14, 2021 When COVID-19 spread around the world, I was living in the south of France, but my mind was in the U.S. south. Read More
Interview Book Club Pick: Very Important People October 04, 2021 Million-dollar birthday parties, megayachts on the French Riviera, and $40,000 bottles of champagne. In today鈥檚 New Gilded Age, the world鈥檚 moneyed classes have taken conspicuous consumption to new extremes. Read More
Essay A look inside Very Important People July 28, 2021 A sociologist and former fashion model takes readers inside the elite global party circuit of 鈥渕odels and bottles鈥� to reveal how beautiful young women are used to boost the status of men. Read More
Interview Book Club Pick: Uneasy Street July 01, 2021 This month鈥檚 Book Club Pick is Uneasy Street by Rachel Sherman. This is an excellent non-fiction summer book club selection for readers who are curious about the lives of the 1%. Read More
Podcast Taken for Granted: The Remarkable Power of the Unremarkable June 20, 2021 Why is the term 鈥渙penly gay鈥� so widely used but 鈥渙penly straight鈥� is not? What are the unspoken assumptions behind terms like 鈥渕ale nurse,鈥� 鈥渨orking mom,鈥� and 鈥渨hite trash鈥�?聽 Read More
Podcast Listen in: Hate in the Homeland June 16, 2021 Hate in the Homeland: The New Global Far Right by Cynthia Miller-Idriss reveals the unexpected places where violent hate groups recruit young people. Listen to a chapter from the audiobook. Read More
Video How the giving habits of the super鈥憆ich affect the rest of us May 16, 2021 It鈥檚 the time of year when our personal finances come to the forefront, but not many Americans are aware that the spending and giving habits of the super-rich are having a direct impact on public provision and policy. Read More
Essay Mothers, by default May 07, 2021 A few weeks ago, I sat down with a mom I鈥檒l call Erica to talk about how she and her family have navigated the challenges of this past pandemic year. Read More
Essay 鈥榊ou try not to eat鈥�: What joblessness means for low鈥憄aid women in Pennsylvania May 04, 2021 Losing your job is difficult for anyone, but for working-class women without savings it is even harder.聽Sarah Damaske聽talked to women in low-wage jobs in Pennsylvania who struggled to afford to feed their families or pay for childcare so they could look for work. Read More
