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A Rescue Plan for the Black Family

As we celebrate the anniversary of Martin Luther King's birth, we should ask why so many of the problems against which he struggled — segregation, poverty, persistent racial gaps in education and inco

Race, Self-Selection, and the Job Search Process

While existing research has documented persistent barriers facing African-American job seekers, far less research has questioned how job seekers respond to this reality.

Identifying Judicial Empathy: Does Having Daughters Cause Judges to Rule for Women's Issues?

In this paper, we ask whether personal relationships can affect the way that judges decide cases.

Do Differences in School Quality Matter More Than We Thought? New Evidence on Educational Opportunity in the Twenty-first Century

Do schools reduce or perpetuate inequality by race and family income?

Using Research to Generate Advice for Women: Examples from Negotiation Research

The Engagement Gap: Social Mobility and Extracurricular Participation among American Youth

Participation in extracurricular activities is associated with positive youth outcomes such as higher education attainment and greater future earnings.

The Political Legacy of American Slavery

We show that contemporary differences in political attitudes across counties in the American South trace their origins to slavery’s prevalence more than 150 years ago.

The Loneliness of the Black Republican: Pragmatic Politics and the Pursuit of Power

Covering more than four decades of American social and political history, The Loneliness of the Black Republican examines the ideas and actions of black Republican activists, officials, and politician

The Fire This Time

The Travails of Urban Field Research

Alice Goffman’s book, On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City, is one of those rare publications by a sociologist that creates an immediate splash both within and outside academia.