The Certainty Trap
Ilana RedstoneThe Certainty Trap is for anyone who understands (or who wants to understand) the problem of contemporary polarization.
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Named But Not Heard
On July 24, 2026, the Wall Street Journal ran an essay on sociology’s public unraveling. I’m one of multiple people quoted in it, along with Christian Smith, Kevin McCaffree, Musa al-Gharbi, Saida Grundy, Lisa Hajjar, Melissa Wilde, Jukka S...
The Verdict Is the Tell
Bridge-building, the steady call to be more civil — often formalized as civil discourse — and viewpoint diversity are some of the tools concerned citizens reach for when the conversation on heated issues breaks down. Each is valuable — and...
Happy 4th of July Weekend!
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As we go into the holiday weekend, I’m happy to share that my next book, “Presumption of Guilt: How Equating Inequality with Injustice Fractured American Democracy,” will be published by Pitchstone Boo...
Academic Freedom Does Not — and Must Not — Grant this Authority
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Every semester, biology professors across the country and around the world teach the theory of evolution. And no advocate for Intelligent Design — the idea that some features of living organisms are too complex t...
There's Nothing Magical About the Center
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I’ve spent a fair amount of time arguing that some of the most popular cures for our political moment don’t reach what’s actually wrong. I’ve made the case about civility — that lowering the temperature do...
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