Improving Grades: Urban Public Schools, Racial and Socioeconomic Segregation, and the Promise of Innovation
Scholarly analysis in the sociology of education has burgeoned in recent decades.
Research
Wombfare: The Religious Basis of Fertility 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.
The Black Cabinet: Economic Civil Rights in the Nixon Administration
Has the South, once the "Solid South" of the Democratic Party, truly become an unassailable Republican stronghold? If so, when, where, why, and how did this seismic change occur?
Impact Evaluation of Niger’s IMAGINE Program
Islam and American Tolerance
What's the path to religious acceptance in America—and what can Muslims, Mormons and Buddhists learn from Jews and Catholics? A Gallup report out last week found that, of all major religious groups i
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
Political Reservation and Substantive Representation: Evidence From Indian Village Councils
India Policy Forum is a joint venture of the Brookings Institution and the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) that aims to examine India’s reforms and economic transition using poli
Blurring the Color Line
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