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In "Building the Black City," Joe William Trotter, Jr., traces the growth of Black cities and political power from the preindustrial era to the present.

It was barely a decade ago that many of us became enamored by the “gig” economy. Booking a room, ride, or restaurant took seconds and could be done at virtually any time or place.

As workers attempt new modes of employment in the era of the Great Resignation, they face a labor landscape that is increasingly uncertain and stubbornly unequal. With Handcrafted Careers, sociologist Eli Revelle Yano Wilson dives headfirst into the everyday lives of workers in the craft beer indust

Jennifer Robin TerryThis year's Berkshire Conference of Women Historians Article Prize was awarded to Jennifer Robin Terry for her article, "Niños por la causa: Child Activists and the United Farm Workers Movement, 1965–1975," published in Pacific Historical Review. Drawing on a wide variety of

By Ruben J. Garcia, author of Critical Wage Theory: Why Wage Justice Is Racial JusticeRaising the federal minimum wage is not a front burner issue in the U.S. presidential election campaign. Other important issues such as the war in Gaza, the trials of former President Donald Trump, or the futur

Shortly after the WGA announcement, labor guilds in Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom issued guidance to their own members, advising writers not to cross WGA picket lines.

By Matthew E. Kahn, author of Going Remote: How the Flexible Work Economy Can Improve Our Lives and Our CitiesBefore the COVID Shock, urban economists told a familiar “tale of two cities.” The post-industrial cities such as Baltimore and Detroit continued to lose people because these cities had

A past ASA President and award-winning author, Christine Williams is one of the most influential sociologists researching gender inequality and work. In this interview, Christine discusses what she learned while writing her new book, Gaslighted: How the Oil and Gas Industry Shortchanges Women Scient

Out today, The Trouble with Passion probes the ominous side of career advice to "follow your passion." This data-driven study explains how the passion principle fails us and perpetuates inequality by class, gender, and race; and it suggests how we can reconfigure our relationships to paid work. In t

Although the 2021 American Studies Association meeting is now virtual, it was originally set to take place in Puerto Rico with the theme “Creativity within Revolt.” According to ASA, “revolt expresses a will toward collective being that radically challenges, displaces, and potentially abolishes life