Sociology

George Floyd Protests

‘Conditions were ripe for a moment like this’: How current protests expose deeper racial inequalities

Close-up of a child's hand being held by mother

Study: In some African countries, more than half of women have lost a child

Broken lightbulbs

Data science predicts which failures will ultimately lead to success

City block

Violence linked to loneliness, hypervigilance and chronic health problems

Face-off between militia and veteran

Mapping Chicago’s 1919 race riots

Screenshot from Framing Agnes

UChicago scholars examine decades of trans history in Tribeca film debut

Chicago street

Why a 1925 book is still relevant to urban sociology

Gears

Politically polarized teams produce better work, analysis of Wikipedia finds

Coworkers putting hands in them

Bigger teams aren’t always better in science and tech

Immigrants

Cultural stereotypes drive negative perceptions of undocumented immigrants