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Sociology 102: Police Violence, #BlackLivesMatter and the Covid-19 Pandemic.
June 14, 2020

COMING FALL 2020: This course will examine the historic moment in which we are living in order to introduce students to the concept of race and discipline of sociology.

WATCH | Student debt "feels like quicksand." Is loan forgiveness the answer?
Sept. 3, 2024

WATCH | Student debt "feels like quicksand." Is loan forgiveness the answer?

WATCH | What your credit score actually means
Sept. 3, 2024

WATCH | What your credit score actually means

WATCH | As college cost passes $90K, 'the middle class is losing ground'
Sept. 3, 2024

As college cost passes $90K, 'the middle class is losing ground'

Why America fell for guns
April 15, 2024

The US today has extraordinary levels of gun ownership. But to see this as a venerable tradition is to misread history.

Guggenheim Fellowship to Kim Lane Scheppele
April 12, 2024

Seven Princeton faculty members have received 2024 Guggenheim Fellowships, the largest faculty cohort since 2017. This year's recipients are...

A Drop in American Gun Violence
Nov. 2, 2023

Some progress has been made on firearm violence in recent decades.

In the U.S., geography is fate. A new book on poverty seeks to change that
Aug. 8, 2023

“Where you live should not decide/ Whether you live or whether you die.”

What the Best Places in America Have in Common
Aug. 5, 2023
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Written by Kathryn Edin

And what they reveal about alleviating poverty across the country

Legacy Admissions Don’t Work the Way You Think They Do
July 12, 2023

Dr. Khan is a professor of sociology and American studies at Princeton who studies culture, inequality, gender and elites.