Vol. 2, No. 5

Happy jobs report Friday, sociologists! Here is watch we’ve been reading and watching this week.

Gender

• N.F.L.’s Alternate ‘Cheerleaders’ Don’t Cheer or Dance (New York Times)
• Here’s Why British Firms Say Their Boards Lack Women. Prepare to Cringe. (New York Times)
• The historically low birthrate, explained in 3 charts (Vox)

Sex

• Sex workers cannot solve the problem of angry, misogynistic men (Vox)
• It’s International Whores’ Day. Let’s talk about why strippers need better labor laws. (Vox)
• Mutually Nonconsensual Sex (The Atlantic)

Prisons and Policing

• The Prisoners Who Care for the Dying and Get Another Chance at Life (New York Times)
• Black defendants receive longer prison terms from Republican-appointed judges, study finds (Washington Post)
• How a Tiny Website Became the Police’s Go-To Genealogy Database

Trade Wars

• The places in America most exposed to a trade war (Washington Post)
• Why Trump’s Intense Focus on the Trade Deficit Could Cost the Economy in the Long Run (New York Times)

Immigration

• How Liberals Got Lost on the Story of Missing Children at the Border (New York Times)

Work

• The Death of a Gig Worker (The Atlantic)
• The black unemployment rate has never been closer to the white unemployment rate (Washington Post)
• U.S. economy extends its hiring spree, with a better than expected 223,000 new jobs in May (Washington Post)
• America has a massive truck driver shortage. Here’s why few want an $80,000 job. (Washington Post)

Inequality

• UN: US inequality reaching a dangerous level due to Trump’s ‘cruel’ measures (The Guardian)
• ‘We’re being pushed out’: the displacement of black Oakland (The Guardian)

On Campus

• It’s Time to End College Majors as We Know Them (The Chronicle)
• Another Sign of a Tough Job Market: Grad Students Feel Bigger Push to Publish (The Chronicle)
• Reject the Con: Education Is Infrastructure (Inside Higher Ed)