Dangerous Liaisons: Conflicts of Interest & Sponsored Research
Big Data, Drugs, and Economic Crisis The most recent Cambridge Analytica scandal has raised many red flags including the dangers associated with the uses of […]
Critical Essays
Fanon: Culture and Colonization
Frantz Fanon (1925-1961) was born on the island of Martinique, a French colony. His father was a descendant of African slaves. After France fell to […]
Sanctuary Cities and Sacrifice Zones: Thoughts on Water, Politics, and Criminology
On Tuesday, February 22, 2017 U.S. government officials threatened hundreds of water protectors with criminal charges, should they continue their long-standing peaceful work protecting the […]
“Enemy at the Gates”: A War on the Cities
On December 9, 2016, the United States Army War College published a 163 page monograph entitled, “Military Contingencies in Megacities and Sub-Megacities,” written by Dr. […]
Fascism 101 (Part 3): Who Will Lead the Fascist Movement?
[NOTE: This the third and final installment in a three-part series. Part 1 was posted on Thursday, Dec. 1st; Part 2 was posted on Monday, December 5th] Who will lead the […]
Fascism 101 (Part 2): Who are the Fascists?
[NOTE: This the second part of a three-part series. Part 1 was posted last Thursday (Dec. 1); Part 3 will be posted on Thursday, December 8th] Who […]
Fascism 101 (Part 1): The Economics of Fascism
[NOTE: This the first part of a three-part series. Part 2 will be posted on Monday, December 5th; Part 3 will be posted on Thursday, […]
A System of Schemes: Bourdieus Social Space and Symbolic Power
Pierre Bourdieu was born in the south of France to a farmer, yet by the end of his life had become a very influential thinker. […]
Terrorism, Extremism and Xenophobia
Since the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 there have been a number of […]
Media, Crime and Hegemony
For three decades scholars in mass communication and criminology have called our attention to the role of the media in the social construction of crime. […]