January 31, 2023

Matt Damon on the Conversation That Made Him a Social Entrepreneur

By: Matt Damon When one of the world’s great social entrepreneurs, Gary White, first told me his solution for ending the global water crisis, I honestly thought it sounded absurd. Our conversation took place back in 2008, at the Clinton Global Initiative. Gary and I were at CGI because we were both, at the time,

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January 30, 2023

Adam Benforado on Youth Rights and the Path to a Better Future

Contributed by Adam Benforado, author of A Minor Revolution: How Prioritizing Kids Benefits Us All. Drawing on the latest research on the value of early intervention, investment, and empowerment, A Minor Revolution makes the urgent case for putting children first—in our budgets and policies, in how we develop products and enact laws, and in our families and communities.

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January 27, 2023

FROM THE PAGE: An Excerpt from John Hendrickson’s Life on Delay

In Life on Delay, Hendrickson offers new insight into a disorder that has for decades been mocked, mischaracterized, and misunderstood. Through a layered and unguarded narrative, he takes the reader inside the intricate family dynamics surrounding his stutter, and he explores the history of stuttering treatment, the current search for a “cure,” and the nature of self-acceptance.

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January 19, 2023

Do you teach Sociology?

You can search for books across this discipline through our course lists, which cover a wide range of sociological subjects from criminal justice, family, race, class, and gender to social change, social institutions, and sociological theory.   Criminal Justice Family   Race / Class / Gender   Social Change   Social Institutions    Sociological Theory

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