By the People, for the People

Historian Ana Raquel Minian on Immigrant and Latinx Rights

A story of shifting public sentiment and interconnected economies.

Historian James Campbell on White Backlash

Freedom, justice and equality are too often seen as zero-sum.

Sociologist Matthew Clair on Race and Class in Criminal Justice

It takes more than a movement to transform the system.

Politics Scholar Omar Wasow on Protests, Violence and the Media

How activists tell their stories can help build coalitions, says the Class of ’92 alum and Princeton assistant professor.

Social Psychologist Brian Lowery on Privilege

People separate advantage and disadvantage—even though you can't have one without the other.

How to Build a Movement

Social change can seem sudden, as if millions awoke one day to the same realization. But really, scholars say, consensus is constructed through thousands of small acts over generations.

Sociologist Forrest Stuart on Urban Policing

Seeing what’s wrong with society when people break the law.