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22 October 2018
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ADAM REICH AND PETER BEARMAN CO-AUTHORED A NEW BOOK ON WALMART

Sociologists Adam Reich and Peter Bearman co-authored a new book entitled Working for Respect: Community and Conflict at Walmart, which confronts Walmart, the world's largest employer, and the complexity of its relationship to employees.

 

Working for Respect

Community and Conflict at Walmart

Adam Reich and Peter Bearman

Columbia University Press

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22 October 2018
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LILA ABU-LUGHOD REVIEWED TWO RECENT BOOKS ON PALESTINE

Anthropologist Lila Abu-Lughodreviewed two recent books on Palestine— Reja-e Busailah’s memoir In the Land of My Birth: A Palestinian Boyhood and Hala Alyan's novel Salt Houses — for an article published by Public Works.

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03 October 2018
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ALONDRA NELSON INTERVIEWED ON NPR'S 'CODE SWITCH' REGARDING THE HISTORY OF SICKLE CELL ANEMIA

Sociologist Alondra Nelson was a featured guest on the NPR program 'Code Switch' where she discussed the history of the disease sickle cell anemia and consciousness around the disease in the US.

 

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03 October 2018
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ROBERT JERVIS WEIGHED IN ON RECENT NATO SUMMIT IN LA TIMES PIECE

Political Scientist Robert Jervis was quoted in a piece for the LA Times regarding Donald Trump's disruptive comments regarding an energy pipeline at this summer's NATO summit.

 

President Trump upended the show of unity at NATO’s annual summit on Wednesday as many allies had feared, claiming that Germany "is totally controlled by" and "captive to Russia" and inflating his demands that they spend more on defense to an unrealistic level.

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11 September 2018
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TOM DIPRETE FEATURED IN A NY TIMES PIECE REGARDING SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN'S TEST SCORES IN THE US

Sociologist Tom DiPrete was featured in a piece in the NY Times examining how affluence may effect test scores and performance in math and language arts for boys and girls across the US.

 

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