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Tag Archives: social movements
Making Sense of January 6th: What We Know About Why Mobs Emerge
I just posted this on the Wicked Problems, Wicked Solutions blog. I’m including the first couple of paragraphs below. Here’s the link to the complete post. On January 6,2021, I watched with millions of other Americans as Trump supporters stormed … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged anger, collective action, Donald Trump, emotion, frustration, insurrection, January 6th, Mike Pence, mobs, Nancy Pelosi, political extremism, political polarization, political violence, siege on U.S. Capitol, social media, social movements, social sciences, sociology, violence
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Protests and Pressure: Why is Trump Responding to the Black Lives Matter Movement Now?
This first appeared on the Wicked Problems, Wicked Solutions blog. Today, Donald Trump is scheduled to sign an executive order on police reform. According to senior White House officials, the order will create a database to track police officers with histories of … Continue reading
The Failure of the #MeToo Movement
The sheer number of women who have pushed back against a culture that often devalues them and their expertise is impressive. Likewise, the number of men who have actually lost their jobs as a result of their bad behavior is a step in the right direction. But, have we really seen a shift in America culture? Continue reading
Posted in Gender, Mass Media, Politics
Tagged #MeToo Campaign, feminism, social change, social media, social movements, Time Person of the Year
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The Rise of the Alt-Right – Why Now?
Coalitions, particularly ones where diverse groups don’t have a lot in common, are difficult to sustain. Sure, these groups are currently united in their general hostility toward racial and ethnic minorities- and their right to share their concerns over an increasingly diverse country. But, as with other movements, these groups will find that more divides them then binds them together. Factions will rise and the loose coalition of groups will fall. Continue reading
Turning the Anti-Abortion Tide
Check out my latest piece in The American Prospect. For the first time since the Supreme Court’s landmark Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton rulings established a constitutional right to an abortion in 1973, pro-life advocates find themselves squarely … Continue reading
Posted in Gender, Politics
Tagged abortion, Planned Parenthood, Politics, reproductive rights, Republican Party, social movements, Supreme Court
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The Truth about Writing an Academic Book
The thought of publishing a book is very seductive. A book offers the opportunity to explain ideas in detail. For some, it signifies an academic arrival. Once you publish a book, you are officially part of the knowledge production machine, … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Life, Teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged abortion politics, books, social movements, sociology, writing
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Politics and Planned Parenthood
Check out my piece in Contexts Magazine. It is currently available online here. politics and planned parenthood by Deana A. Rohlinger Planned Parenthood found itself caught in the middle of a political maelstrom last fall after the pro-life group, Center … Continue reading
FDA Ruling Reshapes Abortion Battle
Read my piece in the The American Prospect. Here is a preview: FDA Ruling Reshapes Abortion Battle DEANA A. ROHLINGER MARCH 31, 2016 New federal labeling guidelines for the abortion pill deliver a major victory to the abortion-rights movement, and … Continue reading
Posted in Gender, Politics
Tagged abortion, Abortion Pill, activism, FDA, mass media, News, Politics, Public Health, reproductive rights, social movements
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Op-Ed in The American Prospect: The Far-Reaching Consequences of the Supreme Court Abortion Rights Challenge
he abortion rights challenge known as Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, which comes before the Supreme Court for oral arguments Wednesday, is the latest battle in the four-decade war over legal abortion in the United States. Pro-life and pro-choice activists … Continue reading
Here’s Why Ammon Bundy’s Oregon Standoff Might Work (OP-ED in Fortune)
Occupations often make protestors look bad. Case in point: The armed militants, who last week seized the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in an effort to force the federal government to return the land to the people, are not exactly inspiring … Continue reading
Posted in Mass Media and News, Politics
Tagged activism, Ammon Bundy, Occupation, Politics, social movements, tactics
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