Happy Friday, sociologists! Here are a few of the articles and essays we’ve been reading this past week.
Immigration
- The Trump administration’s separation of families at the border, explained (Vox.com)
- Extinguishing the Beacon of America (The Atlantic)
- Trump to reject immigration proposal protecting families separated at border (The Guardian)
- The House GOP says their new bill bans separating families at the border. That’s a lie. (Vox.com)
- It’s not just cruel to separate a breastfeeding baby from a mom. It’s medically dangerous. (Vox.com)
Gender
- The Terrible Stereotypes of Mother’s and Father’s Day Cards (The Atlantic)
- Today’s Masculinity Is Stifling (The Atlantic)
- The Feminist Future of Modesty (The New Republic)
Indigenous Issues
- US army to return remains of Native American children a century after their deaths (The Guardian)
- First Nations look to buy equity in pipeline to have say in project’s future (The Guardian)
The Gig Economy
- Maybe the Gig Economy Isn’t Reshaping Work After All (New York Times)
On Campus
- Harvard Rated Asian-American Applicants Lower on Personality Traits, Lawsuit Says (New York Times)
- Woke 101: If Starbucks struggled to teach about race, can universities’ diversity curriculums do better? (Washington Post)
- Do Unions Help Adjuncts? (The Chronicle)
- How the Great Recession changed the job market forever for college grads (Washington Post)
- GPAs don’t really show what students learned. Here’s why. (Washington Post)
- Colleges and State Laws Are Clamping Down on Fraternities (New York Times)
- Colleges Grapple With Where — or Whether — to Draw the Line on Free Speech (New York Times)
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