Sociology

Famous people who die at age 27, such as Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Amy Winehouse, get even more famous because of the mythology surrounding that number—an example of how modern folklore emerges

Experts say the effects of global warming are playing a greater role in where people decide to move

The new interconnected breed of autocrats gains and retains power by deception, globally undermining democracies through their own institutions

In online forums the term “cuck” has become synonymous with “sucker” and “loser.” But this use distorts its history and meaning, creating a baseless moral panic that harms both women and science

The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, owes his superstar success to self-satisfied competitors who blew obvious opportunities

The “Raygun” Olympics fiasco points to how hip-hop scholarship is at risk of being colonized and undermined in academia

A dishonest creationist debating tactic shouldn’t go unchallenged in American life. Or in national politics

The nerd culture powerhouse is rebranding its elves, dwarfs and orcs, previously referred to as races, and moving towards use of the term species

The high court treating the children of a highly educated slice of the U.S. as equivalent to people who descended from the history of enslavement and Jim Crow is a dishonest ruse

It’s important that we use accurate terminology when discussing how AI chatbots make up information

Drug policy continues to fixate on symptoms rather than the actual disease

Baked-in news practices cover only the worst moments of protests and neglect telling people what protesters are asking for, extensive research shows