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India to conduct census of caste membership

by Sarah Michele Ford Much like the United States, India conducts a decennial national census; their next census will be conducted in 2011. As part of the 2011 census, the Indian government is bringing...

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Poverty, Nutrition, and Obesity

by Sarah Michele Ford I recently found myself engaged in a rather heated discussion with a friend who was lamenting the quality of food that she can buy with her relatively meager paycheck.  She was...

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What is going on in North Africa and the Middle East?

by Sarah Michele Ford It all started in mid-December, when a fruit vendor in Tunisia set himself on fire to protest mistreatment by police and municipal officials.  A month of protests later, President...

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So long, Cabrini Green

by Sarah Michele Ford It seems innocuous enough… an apartment complex just northwest of downtown Chicago, constructed between 1942 and 1962, and home to approximately 15,000 people.  But Cabrini Green...

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RIP Harold Garfinkel

by Sarah Michele Ford When you get on an elevator, what do you do? Chances are, you turn around and face the doors. But why? Social order demands that you do. Harold Garfinkel, an influential American...

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