Welcome to In the News where the UITAC team and expert contributors take recent events in the news and relate them back to social science concepts, theories, and perspectives. From pop culture events to global organization, this blog site is a one-stop-shop for all things current events with social science application.
The Warnings We Choose to Forget
Why do societies tend to ignore historical and literary warnings about authoritarianism? As we know,
Why They Keep You Around (But Won’t Commit)
From the text that comes just as you were moving on, the sporadic likes, and
Anti-South Asian Rhetoric in the Media and Real Consequences
The U.S. has seen waves of nativism throughout the years. Nativism is the ideology or
Education and the Poverty Trap
Over the last several decades, theories on where the poverty trap stems from have circulated.
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Beyond Self-Care: Sociological Call to Address Racial Battle Fatigue
Racial battle fatigue (RBF) is often framed as an individual problem, something to be managed through mindfulness, rest, or self-care. Yet the “fatigue” is not the result of personal shortcomings but of social structures that
The Texas Phone Ban from a Sociological Perspective
On June 20, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed the Texas House Bill 1481 into law. A bill that restricts the use of personal communication devices by students in public and charter schools, publicly funded
Religion as a Weapon and a Shield
Religion has been a big part of many Americans’ lives since the first Europeans’ arrival in the New World. This is evident in the Pledge of Allegiance, many of us grew up repeating daily in