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• Yes We Can

  

  If you haven’t seen the will.i.am video prepared for Barack Obama’s first presidential campaign, it’s highly worth watching.https://youtu.be/2fZHou18Cdk? Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2026 SOCIETY

• Are We Tolerating the Policies of a Modern-day Eichmann?

  

  We need to think very clearly about the policies and actions our government is carrying out with respect to “illegal immigration”. Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2026 SOCIETY

• Citizens Demand Impeachment

  

  Every day that passes brings more bad news from Donald Trump’s unhinged behavior. His actions and dictatorial executive orders have caused immeasurable harm to... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2026 SOCIETY

• Ode to Canada

  

  Lake Ontario, 1688Even a short trip from Michigan to Canada refreshes the US visitor’s confidence that an inclusive multicultural democracy is not only possible... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2026 SOCIETY

• Property Relations and Violence

  If we accept the premise that exploitative tenancy, credit, and employment relations are fundamental to the enduring patterns of low human wellbeing in much of... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2026 SOCIETY

• Making Decisions in a Risky World

  

  Senator Margaret Chase Smith stands up to Senator Joe McCarthyPeople make choices among alternatives, and they can’t know the future. Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2026 SOCIETY

• On the Fourth of July

  

  Selected materials removed from National Park sites at instructions from Trump administration (legal cases underway) (Gemini generated)It is quite difficult to... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2026 SOCIETY

• Poland’s Self-limiting Revolution in 1980

  

  Military coup, Poland, December 1981Poland is an important example of the paths taken by the citizens of satellite states within the former Soviet Union. Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2026 SOCIETY

• Far-right Support in Germany

  

  The question of how the political values and attitudes of young people are formed has come up frequently in recent posts. This question is especially interestin... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2026 SOCIETY

• Discrimination in Employment Today

  

  There is a view in the United States that impactful racial discrimination has declined significantly over time. This view flies in the face of an afternoon’s... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2026 SOCIETY

• A More Pluralistic Analytical Sociology

  

  A central theme in Rethinking Analytical Sociology is my concern that the founders of analytical sociology presented the field as a general and universally... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2026 SOCIETY

• Organizational Failure — Upcoming Video Seminar

  Here is an interesting opportunity to do some thinking about the ways that organizational features create hazards for technology systems at many levels…Dear... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2026 SOCIETY

• Racist Extremism and Inter-group Violence

  

  Ethnic cleansing, Srebrenica, July 1995Milan Obaidi is a prolific Danish social psychologist who has worked extensively on right-wing extremism. Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2026 SOCIETY

• Social Psychologists on the Appeal of Antagonism and Hate

  

  Our current political scene presents an unresolved and important question: why have the ideologies of hate, fear, nationalism, antagonism, and violence had... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2026 SOCIETY

• How Are an Individual’s Political Values Formed?

  

  Human beings have attitudes, behaviors, habits, stereotypes, and values. And somehow these mental attributes are developed or acquired in the course of normal... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2026 SOCIETY

• Group Identities and Inclusive Multicultural Democracy

  

  The United States is a multicultural democracy. This is simply an empirical fact; the country is a democracy (imperfect by many important measures); and it is... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2026 SOCIETY

• New Thinking About Generational Change About Race

  

  The United States has a long history of racism against African-Americans, at multiple levels. At the level of individuals, we have a history of negative... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2026 SOCIETY

• Maintaining Social Resilience

  

  What is needed for a community of diverse people and groups to maintain its resilience in the face of hateful language, incidents, and provocations? Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2026 SOCIETY

• How Democracies Die

  

  image: Senator Josh Hawley salutes January 6 insurrectionSteven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt have written with growing alarm about the threat to our democracy... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2026 SOCIETY

• The Dual State (1938)

  

  Ernst Fraenkel’s book The Dual State: A Contribution to the Theory of Dictatorship offers instructive and ominous reading today. Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2026 SOCIETY