sociology

Academic Life Your Lived Experience Makes You a Better Scholar What you know from your own life can become the question that shapes your strongest work. By Tanya Golash-Boza During my first semester of graduate school, I took a course on the sociology of education. Midway through the semester, we read John Ogbu and Signithia Fordham’s famous article on “acting White.” The research had been conduc…

About 1,000 people demonstrated for and against show in synagogue promoting sale of property in Israel About 1,000 people protested for and against a show promoting the sale of property in Israel on Sunday, with police making 14 arrests. Those opposed to the event, which was held in a north-west London synagogue, claimed it was also selling property in land illegally occupied by Israel and was pa…

The 70-year-old has been prosecuted for his artworks under a law that did not exist when they were created. He should be freed Sixty years ago, Mao Zedong launched the Cultural Revolution – a decade of fanaticism that consumed China. Perhaps 2 million people, from top leaders to impoverished farmers, were killed or driven to suicide for political “crimes” or their family background. Tens of milli…

Activists are challenging colonial-era law and demanding ‘free, legal, unfettered, forever rights’ to use beaches Jamaica’s beach access crisis: ‘We shouldn’t be forced to fight for what is already ours’ Campaigners in Jamaica are heading to court next week to try to prevent the government from cutting off access to more of their beaches. They argue that ceding their shorelines to big hotel chain…

Locals who were children nine years ago say they want to ‘carry on the legacy that older people started’ Yusra Cherbika was 12 years old when Grenfell fire happened a stone’s throw away from her home. She and her family were evacuated on the night of the blaze and spent over a year living in a hotel where she had to continue studying and revising for her exams. At school, she faced empty chairs f…

Activists argue business model is ‘plantation tourism’ designed to benefit elite and disadvantage most Jamaicans Campaigners go to court to fight privatisation of Jamaican coast Devon Taylor remembers when the Mammee Bay shoreline in St Ann, Jamaica, was filled with children frolicking in the ocean after school, fishers haggling with locals over the price of their daily catch and craft vendors ca…

Immigration raids have had widespread effects on industries in Southern California. But few business were hit as frequently as the region's car washes.

Hundreds of members of Nepal's LGBTQ+ community and their supporters celebrate Pride Month in the capital, highlighting the nation's growing acceptance of and protections for sexual minorities.

Footy Addicts helps amateur players find a game at short notice – and tackles the problem of loneliness Cries of “Boss! Boss! Boss!” emerge from the pitch during a hard-fought game of football in a London park. There aren’t a lot of names used in this game, because most players only met just before kick-off. They were brought together by an app that’s injecting life into grassroots football. Foot…

Grassroots outlet reports from New Jersey’s Delaney Hall – and helps family members connect with loved ones inside Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email One voice has rung out for local communities through the horror stories , hunger strikes, protests and police at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) jail at Delaney Hall in New Jersey in recent times – that of a small grassr…

These young people recognise dangers of ‘addictive’ social media but have differing views on a total crackdown Nine in 10 parents in the UK support an under-16 social media ban, but the feeling among the children it would affect is more mixed. Or at least it is for a group of 10 preteens and teenagers who talked to the Guardian at a location in west London this week. The 12- to 16-year-olds were …

Rejected by Chelsea, honed by West Ham and a league winner at Arsenal, the midfielder has plenty from his footballing journey wishing him well at the World Cup Three years ago Declan Rice was the star guest at a Soho House event about the power of effective leadership. Tickets were in hot demand and Rice, who was due to play a European semi-final for West Ham two days later , could not understand…

Housing and urban development department alleges fraud in administration’s latest clash with California The Trump administration has suspended federal funding to Los Angeles’s beleaguered homelessness agency. The announcement is the administration’s latest move rescinding funding to California, where Donald Trump has feuded with the state’s Democratic leaders. Continue reading...

The violent disturbances occurred in a nationalist area yet played out against a backdrop of union jacks As the racially motivated violence unfolded in Northern Ireland this week, a striking dissonanace could be seenbehind the mobs and flames and smoke. The knife attack that triggered the disturbances occurred in a nationalist area yet the mayhem played out against a backdrop of union jacks and l…

Bell hotel in Epping was scene of violent protests after asylum seeker living there sexually assaulted girl and woman Asylum seekers have been removed from the Epping hotel that became a flashpoint for anti-immigration protests across England last summer as the Home Office terminates its contract with the establishment. The hotel on the outskirts of the Essex town was the scene of increasingly la…

Police call for calm before anti-racist protests in Belfast and Glasgow as MPs warn of failure over online misinformation Police said 19 people, including a 16-year-old boy, had now been arrested after two nights of rioting in Northern Ireland following a knife attack earlier in the week. The violence broke out after far-right activists called for demonstrations in response to the attack, which w…

Rishabh Tyagi successfully defended his dissertation, "The Disparate Effects of Employment Uncertainty on Life Course Outcomes," at the University of Oslo. In his thesis, he demonstrates that experiencing employment uncertainty due to job loss, unemployment, or workplace closures leads to negative health and family outcomes in Germany, Norway, and India.

People tell of feeling alienated in own city, disruption to daily life including healthcare, and frustration with politicians Belfast residents have reacted with anger and disgust at the disorder in the city in response to a an online callout by the Guardian. People were asked if they had been affected by the unrest sparked by the stabbing of Stephen Ogilvie in the city earlier in the week. Conti…

Relatives of those killed on flight AI171 are still struggling to obtain answers about what happened When Sagar Patel’s mother boarded Air India flight AI171 on 12 June last year, she called her son as she always did before takeoff. The flight was due to leave Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel airport in Ahmedabad, in the western Indian state of Gujarat, and was destined for Gatwick. “We always had a litt…

IntroductionThe sexual abuse of learners by educators remains a significant issue in the South African educational system, compromising the learners' well-being and the veracity of institutions. Despite having solid or robust policy structures in place, incidents keep emerging, often hushed by stigma, power dynamics, and insufficient institutional retorts. The ongoing challenges of sexual exploit…