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        Listen to Part 1 of the interview  Listen to Part 2 of the interview  Listen to Part 3 of the interview  Irene Browne the author of the RSF book Precarious Privilege: Race and the Middle-Class Immigrant Experience. In Precarious Privilege, Browne examines how first-generation, middle-class Mexican and Dominican immigrants in Atlanta respond to the stigmatizing assumption that they are undocumented, working-class Mexicans.Browne is…

Daniel Galvin is the author of the RSF book Alt-Labor and the New Politics of Workers’ Rights. In Alt-Labor and the Politics of Workers’ Rights, Galvin details why alt-labor groups—small, under-resourced, nonprofit groups that have emerged across the U.S. to organize and support marginalized workers—have turned to policy and politics, provides compelling insights into the dilemmas the groups face, and illuminates how their efforts have both invigorated and complicated the American labor…

Tracie McMillan is an independent, award-winning journalist and author. She was an RSF visiting journalist in spring 2022. Her essays and journalism have been published in many publications including the New York Times, Mother Jones, Harper’s, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and National Geographic. Her first book, The American Way of Eating, won the Books for a Better Life Award and the Hillman Prize for Book Journalism. In a new interview with the foundation, McMillan discusses…

In this interview, contributors to RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences issue “Disparate Effects of Disruptive Events on Children,” discuss variation in the consequences of disruption in early life. The interview has been edited for length and clarity.

Dani Carrillo is the author of the RSF book When Care is Conditional: Immigrants and the U.S. Safety Net. In When Care is Conditional Carrillo examines how the conditionality of the U.S. safety net impacts undocumented immigrants. In a new interview, Carrillo discusses her findings.

Adam Berinsky is a former RSF visiting scholar and the author of Political Rumors: Why We Accept Misinformation and How to Fight It. In Political Rumors Berinsky examines why political rumors exist and persist despite their unsubstantiated and refuted claims, who is most likely to believe them, and how to combat them. In a new interview, Berinsky discusses his findings.

In a new interview with the Russell Sage Foundation, RSF author Colin Gordon discusses his book Patchwork Apartheid. 

Michèle Lamont is the author of Seeing Others: How Recognition Works—and How It Can Heal a Divided World. Lamont makes the case for reexamining what we value to prioritize recognition—the quest for respect—in an age that has been defined by growing inequality and the obsolescence of the American dream.Michèle Lamont is the is Robert I Goldman Professor of European Studies and Professor of Sociology and African and African American Studies, Harvard UniversityQ. What motivated you to write…

Enobong Hannah Branch and Caroline Hanley are the authors of the RSF book Work in Black and White: Striving for the American Dream. Branch and Hanley interviewed 79 middle-aged Black and White Americans to explore how their attitudes and perceptions of success are influenced by the stories American culture has told them about the American Dream – and about who should have access to it and who should not. In a new interview with the foundation, Branch and Hanley discuss their findings. The…

Kat Albrecht, Rachel Brahinsky, Andrew Burns, Laurel Harbridge-Yong, Sarah James, Claire M. Kamp Dush, Kevin T. Leicht, Carla Pezzia, Theda Skocpol, Elizabeth Suhay, and Emily Sydnor are contributors to RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences issue, “The Social and Political Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic,” edited by Beth Redbird (Northwestern University), Laurel Harbridge-Yong (Northwestern University), and Rachel Davis Mersey (University of Texas at Austin). The issue examines how social and political factors shaped the initial responses to the pandemic and how these responses impacted individuals and communities. The interview has been edited for length and clarity.