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Saskia Sassen’s Missing Chapter: A Sociologist Reckons With Her Father’s Relationship With Adolf Eichmann

March 17, 2016 by parrymarc

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Categories: article • Tags: Adolf Eichmann, Bettina Stangneth, Columbia University, Economics, history, Holocaust, Philosophy, Saskia Sassen, sociology, Willem Sassen

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The Betrayal of Abdullah Antepli: How a Duke Imam Became a Lightning Rod in the Campus Israel Wars

February 1, 2016 by parrymarc

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Categories: article • Tags: Abdullah Antepli, BDS, Duke University, Islam, Israel, Judaism, Muslim Leadership Initiative, Omid Safi, Palestine, Religion, Shalom Hartman Institute

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A Harvard Economist. A Coup Plot. A Career Forever Changed.

October 25, 2015 by parrymarc

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Categories: article • Tags: Dani Rodrik, Economics, Gulen Movement, Harvard University, Pinar Dogan, politics, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey

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The Great Expectations of Matthew Desmond

September 26, 2015 by parrymarc

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Categories: article • Tags: ethnography, housing, Matthew Desmond, Milwaukee, poverty, social science, sociology

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Living in Mortal Terror: Does Fear of Dying Drive Almost Everything We Do?

June 21, 2015 by parrymarc

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Categories: article • Tags: ernest becker, jeff greenberg, sheldon solomon, social psychology, terror management theory, Tom Pyszczynski

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Can Robert Putnam Save the American Dream?

March 24, 2015 by parrymarc

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Categories: article • Tags: harvard, inequality, political science, politics, poverty, Robert Putnam, social mobility, sociology

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The Long Reach of David Brion Davis: The Historian’s Influence Has Been Enormous, If Not Always Obvious

December 24, 2014 by parrymarc

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Categories: article • Tags: David Brion Davis, history, Slavery, Yale University

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On the Run: A Rising Star in Sociology Chronicles the Human Costs of America’s Penal System

November 18, 2013 by parrymarc

Read the profile of Alice Goffman here. And here’s a follow-up article on the controversy over her work.

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: Alice Goffman, cities, criminal justice, ideas, mass incarceration, Philadelphia, poverty, Princeton, race, research, sociology, University of Pennsylvania, urban studies

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The Gates Effect: How the Gates Foundation’s $472-Million Is Remaking Higher Education

July 14, 2013 by parrymarc

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has spent $472-million (so far) on higher education. Why many in academe are not writing thank-you notes. A special report.

Categories: article • Tags: advocacy, Bill Gates, competency-based education, Educause, financial aid, Gates Foundation, higher education, lobbying, New America Foundation, philanthropy, politics, Southern New Hampshire University, technology

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