Politics & Society
Water Bottles Everywhere and Not a Drop to Drink
Drinking fountains have disappeared from Israel’s cities. Are the gears of capitalism being greased with the blood of the workers?
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Rebel Rousers: Why National Movements Fight
Dr. Peter Krause discusses his new book, “Rebel Power: Why National Movements Compete, Fight, and Win,” which compares different national struggles.
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Netanyahu’s Trump Card
Benjamin Netanyahu has borrowed the war against “Fake News.” Are Israelis buying the idea of a media conspiracy?
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In God We Trust? The Sociology of Religion Revisited
Eileen Barker discusses the role of religion in the human condition, what a sociological study of religions entails, religious movements, and more.
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The Queer Thing about Israel’s LGBTQ
What is it about the struggle for LGBTQ rights that especially inspires so much support and sympathy in Israel?
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Moving Up?
New research finds that the path for the poor into the upper-middle class is twisty and perverse.
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Stripped: Citizenship in America and the Revocation Thereof
Dr. Ben Herzog discusses his book “Revoking Citizenship: Expatriation in America from the Colonial Era to the War on Terror.”
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Sacred Sites, Fights, and Plights
Frightful tensions are mounting over the Temple Mount/Haram al Sharif: are we teetering at the edge of religious war?
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Women’s Rights and Human Rights: Hand in Glove?
Professor Frances Raday discusses the instances where international law can offer redress to the victims of patriarchy.
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