In her groundbreaking scholarship on intimacy and economy, Viviana Zelizer coined the
concept of relational work, or efforts in matching social relations with economic transactions …

Family structure remains a dominant explanation for understanding racial inequality in
poverty. Yet, empirical studies show family structure does not fully account for this …

Public research universities were previously able to provide excellent education to white
families thanks to healthy government funding. However, that funding has all but dried up in …

Background/Context Student loans reflect a larger shift in US society in which people are
forced to go into debt for basic needs. Student loan debt in the United States has been …

In settler colonial states such as Canada, tax is central to political ideas that circulate about
Indigenous nations and people. The stories that are told about Indigenous peoples by …

Kidney disease continues to manifest stark racial inequities in the United States, revealing
the entrenchment of racism and bias within multiple facets of society, including in our …

This article argues that analysts should examine how individuals perceive and construct
value in order to understand persistent forms of inequality. Drawing on years of …

Research on racialized emotions and racialized organizations has begun to inform how we
understand social interactions in the workplace and their implications for racial inequality …

Grantmaking organizations (GMOs) exert considerable influence on education systems,
public policy, and its administration. We position the work of GMOs—in the distribution and …

How does racism and racial inequality manifest in contemporary markets? Leveraging
insights from the sociology of race and economic sociology, I highlight how ratings and …