Homes
Inequality Is Nothing New
Just how old is the problem of economic inequality?
Objects That Matter: White Picket Fence
In the 1940s, the mass-produced tract homes that formed Levittown, New York—one of America's first suburbs—specifically barred "any person other than members of the Caucasian race" in their leases.
Small Gifts, Stable Homes
How just a little bit of cash now can prevent homelessness later.
Creole Culture and the Social Construction of Space
A sociologist notices an architectural oddity at the Laura Plantation in Louisiana.