The US has created its own "civil religion," a complex body of ambiguous public assertions of faith that obscure the varied, private beliefs of the populace.

A weekly deep dive into the scholarship around a current news story. This week: Barbie.

From finance to law and the sciences, women at work find themselves changing their personalities and habits to fit in.

Recent studies beg the question: Is the mid-life crisis universal or is it a phenomenon limited to a certain class and privilege level?

Theories from psychology, education, philosophy, and sociology, show how complex and subconscious the feeling of empathy can be.

Multiple research bodies show how climate change and natural disasters cause migration and refugees crises.

Sociologist Pierre Bourdieu's 1970s concept of cultural capital has been co-opted by economics, racial studies, and education.

Each week, our editors annotate the most popular op-ed pieces in the news with links to further reading on JSTOR.