Jan 8, 2021

As the coronavirus surges across the U.S. during this holiday season, the biblical “no room in the inn” has become “no room in the hospital.” This is especially true in rural regions in the Midwest, South and Southwest, where hospital closings imperil whole communities. Today’s podcast explores one of the...

Jan 8, 2021

This episode brings poetry to the crucial task of reinventing solidarity. New Labor Forum Editor Paula Finn hosts a conversation with award winning poet Javier Zamora, who at nine years old left his home in El Salvador and made his way, as an unaccompanied minor, through Guatemala and Mexico and across the Sonoran...

Dec 10, 2020

Author Alex Bierman discusses his article, "Social Estrangement and Psychological Distress before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic," published in the December 2020 issue of Journal of Health and Social Behavior.

Nov 18, 2020

Author Kevin Estep discusses his article, "Opting Out: Individualism and Vaccine Refusal in Pockets of Socioeconomic Homogeneity," published in the December 2020 issue of American Sociological Review.

Nov 16, 2020

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Sociologists for Women in Society, past and current Gender & Society Editors – Judith Lorber, Margaret Andersen, Beth Schneider, Christine Bose, Christine Williams, Dana Britton, Joya Misra, Jo Reger, and Barbara Risman – discuss their contributions, achievements, and...