Sociology
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Politics influenced Gavin Newsom’s decision to veto supervised drug-use sites. But not in the way you think
Professor Emeritus of Sociology Craig Reinarman spoke with the San Francisco Chronicle about Gavin Newsom's recent decision to veto a bill that would have created pilot sites for supervised drug use.
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In Rural America, Covid Hits Black and Hispanic People Hardest
The New York Times interviewed Assistant Professor Alicia Riley, a faculty member in sociology and global and community health, about how demographic trends in Covid mortality have changed over the course of the pandemic.
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One family, three generations of cancer, and the largest concentration of oil refineries in California
Assistant Professor of Sociology Hillary Angelo discussed her research on climate action planning in California as part of a story on the impacts of fossil fuel industry pollution published in Grist and High Country News.
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What rights do US children have? None.
Associate Professor of Sociology Rebecca London, faculty director of UCSC's Campus + Community Center, coauthored an opinion article for The Hill comparing children's rights under the law internationally and in the United States.
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California had almost 20,000 extra pandemic deaths through last year. Here’s why they’re missing from official COVID stats
San Francisco Chronicle mentioned research by Assistant Professor of Sociology and core global and community health program faculty member Alicia Riley for an article on COVID-19 mortality trends.
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UC Santa Cruz faculty and staff demand more housing initiative
Associate Professor of Sociology Steve McKay spoke with KSBW about housing issues and his research on rent burden in Santa Cruz County.
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College students lead the charge at first California Starbucks to unionize
Associate Professor of Sociology Steve McKay and UC Santa Cruz student, union organizer, and California Assembly candidate Joseph Thompson spoke with KSBW about a successful vote to unionize the Mission Street and Ocean Street Starbucks locations.
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Teachers often cancel recess as a punishment. A growing number of states want to change that.
NBC News and The Hechinger Report published a story featuring Associate Professor of Sociology Rebecca London and her research on the importance of recess for children's learning and development.
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Event to engage Watsonville with ongoing immigrant justice project
The Pajaronian interviewed Associate Professor of Sociology Steve McKay and student Amaury Kruggel-Diazandi about an upcoming event associated with the ongoing We Belong research project.
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Empty Homes Tax garners needed signatures, verification in progress
Santa Cruz Sentinel cited research led by Associate Professor of Sociology Steve McKay and Sociology Professor Miriam Greenberg on the housing crisis in Santa Cruz County.
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Watsonville is in the Heart launches digital archive
Sociology Professor Steve McKay, Humanities Dean Jasmine Alinder, graduate student Meleia Simon-Reynolds, and Tobera Project founder Roy Recio were quoted by The Pajaronian in a story about the Watsonville is in the Heart Digital Archive launch.
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Santa Cruz Starbucks unionization push follows national trend of increased union approval
Associate Professor of Sociology Steve McKay spoke with KSBW about national trends in unionization, and Joseph Thompson, a UC Santa Cruz student who is leading the local push to establish the first Starbucks union in California, discussed the motivation behind that effort.