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The Impact Of Racial And Nonracial Structural Forces On Poor Urban Blacks

Covert Racism, subtle often hidden form of racism is explored through a multi-disciplinarian lens. The volume challenges the notion of a post-racial America.

Daddy, Baby; Momma Maybe: Low Income Urban Fathers and the ‘Package Deal’ of Family Life

Book abstract: American families are far more diverse and complex today than they were 50 years ago.

Wombfare: The Religious Basis of Fertility Politics

The field of political demography—the politics of population change—is dramatically underrepresented in political science.

The Churches, Foreign Policy, and Global Poverty: New Approaches? New Partnerships?

Poverty, although it has declined dramatically in the last few decades, affects more than a billion people in the contemporary world.

Political Demography: How Population Changes Are Reshaping International Security and National Politics

The field of political demography—the politics of population change—is dramatically underrepresented in political science.

More Than Just Race: A Response to William Darity, Jr. and Mark Gould

I welcome the opportunity to respond to two extensive and provocative review essays of my book, More Than Just Race: Being Black and Poor in the Inner City.

Impact Evaluation of Niger’s IMAGINE Program

Unions, Norms, and the Rise in U.S. Wage Inequality

From 1973 to 2007, private sector union membership in the United States declined from 34 to 8 percent for men and from 16 to 6 percent for women.

Reflections on a Sociological Career that Integrates Social Science with Social Policy

This autobiographical essay reflects on my sociological career, highlighting the integration of sociology with social policy.

Way Down in the Hole”: Systemic Urban Inequality and The Wire

The Wire is set in a modern American city shaped by economic restructuring and fundamental demographic change that led to widespread job loss and the depopulation of inner-city neighborhoods.1 While t