Social Change

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September 2020

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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.

By Deni Ellis Béchard

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Historian Ana Raquel Minian on Immigrant and Latinx Rights

A story of shifting public sentiment and interconnected economies.

by Deni Ellis Béchard

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Historian James Campbell on White Backlash

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

by Deni Ellis Béchard

Q&A

Sociologist Matthew Clair on Race and Class in Criminal Justice

It takes more than a movement to transform the system.

by Deni Ellis Béchard

Q&A

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.

by Deni Ellis Béchard

Social Change

How to Build a Movement

Historian Ana Raquel Minian on Immigrant and Latinx Rights

Historian James Campbell on White Backlash

Sociologist Matthew Clair on Race and Class in Criminal Justice

Politics Scholar Omar Wasow on Protests, Violence and the Media

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