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Film & TV

Why Do We Keep Watching Reality Dating Shows?

July 8, 2025

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Voices & Opinion

2024’s Go-To State for Retirement? Massachusetts (That’s Not a Typo)

March 26, 2025

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Film & TV

Hulu’s Hit Series Paradise Was Shaped in Part by a BU Sociologist

February 10, 2025

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LGBTQ+ Nightlife

Dani’s Queer Bar Seeks to Renew Boston’s LGBTQ+ Nightlife Scene

December 2, 2024

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Watch Now

Psychology vs Sociology: What’s the Difference between the Majors?

March 22, 2024

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TRUE CRIME

Why Are We So Obsessed with Serial Killers?

November 2, 2023

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Immigration

Why Is the Cuban Immigrant Story in the US So Different from Others

August 1, 2022

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Voices & Opinion

Prosecute Trump? What Motivated the Mob? What Will Voters Say in November?

July 22, 2022

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Resolutions

Why Is It So Hard to Keep New Year’s Resolutions?

January 19, 2022

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Books

New Book by BU Sociologist Ashley Mears Explores the Conspicuous Leisure of the Wealthy and Famous, Mostly Men

October 27, 2020

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Sociology

Is Beauty’s Double Standard for Women in the Public Eye Dead?

June 8, 2020

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UROP

Undergrad’s UROP Project: Local Abortion Protesters Rely on Restraint, and Unexpected Help

December 16, 2019

Politics

What Led to the Resignation of Puerto Rico’s Embattled Governor?

July 26, 2019

What Led to the Resignation of Puerto Rico’s Embattled Governor?