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Book SynopsisExamining topics from criminal justice to media concerns, environmental problems, economic problems and issues concerning sexualities and gender, the 2020 agenda provides accessible insights into some of the most pressing social problems in the United States and proposes public policy responses to those problems.
Table of ContentsSection I ~ Ethnicity, Race, and Gender; Islamophobia ~ Aneesa A. Baboolal; Latinos Are Each of Us: Fair and Just Immigration Policies for All ~ Noreen M. Sugrue and Sylvia Puente; Gender and Race in U.S. Family Law: Persistent Social Inequities and Rollback Reforms ~ Bronwen Lichtenstein; Section II ~ Health and Families; Reproductive Rights ~ Sujatha A. Jesudason; In Pursuit of Justice in U.S. Health Care Policy: Pathways to Universal Coverage ~ Jennifer Roebuck Bulanda and Amelia Pittman; The Problem of Unpaid Parental Leave ~ Ronald E. Bulanda and Jennifer Roebuck Bulanda; Section III ~ Education; Power, Privilege, and #MeToo in Academia ~ Sarah Jane Brubaker and Brittany Keegan; They Tested with Stress: Solving Racial Injustice in Assessment by Acknowledging Adverse Childhood Experiences ~ Mawule A. Sevon and LaTrice L. Dowtin; Black Girls and School Suspension ~ Cherrell Green; Section IV ~ Crime and In(Justice); Police Homicides: The Terror of ‘American Exceptionalism’ ~ Robert Aponte and Hannah Hurrle Crimmigration: The Presumption of Illegality and the Criminalization of Immigrants ~ Kristen M. Budd and Bianca E. Bersani; Alleviating the Mark of a Criminal Record: Prisoner Reentry and Post-Prison Employment ~ Sadé L. Lindsay; Section V ~ Enduring Challenges; The Persistence of Homelessness ~ R. Neil Greene and Wayne Centrone; Risks to Journalists’ Safety and the Vulnerability of Media Freedom in the U.S. ~ Sadia Jamil and Glenn W. Muschert; Environmental Justice ~ David Naguib Pellow; Protecting and Rewarding Workers in the 21st Century ~ Arne L. Kalleberg; Looking Forward; The Contested Construction of Social Problems ~ Stephen Pfohl; Afterword ~ Michelle Christian
