This course reviews some of the most important developments in contemporary sociological theory. It examines work in such areas as relational sociology; rational-choice theory and ethnomethodology; ...

Varying definitions of critical race theory, or CRT, have circulated in online groups, public school board meetings and dinner conversations for the last several months. Some parents who oppose the ...

Critical race theory is simply a way of thinking about where each of us came from. The idea was forged not too long ago in the late 1900s. It was initially applied to the field of legal studies but ...

Michelle Cordero: From the Heritage Foundation I'm Michelle Cordero and this is Heritage Explains. Chris Wallace: This month your administration directed federal agencies to end racial sensitivity ...

If you’ve been paying attention to cable news discussions or political debates about institutional racism or have listened to podcasts about race over the last year, you’ve probably heard about ...

Jonathan Cox faced an agonizing decision. He was scheduled to teach two classes this past fall at the University of Central Florida that would explore color-blind racism, the concept that ostensibly ...

Former President Donald Trump has railed against it. Republicans in the U.S. Senate introduced a resolution condemning any requirement for teachers to be trained in it. And several ...

This course is divided in four parts. In the first part, we will discuss various definitions of "sociological theory" and reflect on approaches to studying theories, including the sociology of ...