What the Hell is Going on in Florida? Part Three. Over the past few months, Florida’s Republican legislature and governor have combined...

Over the past few months, Florida’s Republican legislature and governor have combined to create “culture war” legislation aimed at...

What the Hell is Going on in Florida? Part One. Over the past few months, Florida’s Republican legislature and governor have combined to...

An interview with Travers, Professor of Sociology at Simon Fraser University, British Columbia. Professor Travers is an expert on...

An interview with Jay Coakley, Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs on current issues in the...

I originally uploaded this post on Memorial Day in 2020 and since things have not changed much in the ensuing 12 months, I figured I...

An interview with New York Times (and now The Atlantic) journalist Elizabeth Bruenig about criminal justice and capital punishment. She...

This month has witnessed mass shootings in Georgia and Colorado, the 75-76th mass shooting in America since the beginning of the year,...

Some Thoughts on 2020... As I write this, Joe Biden has just been sworn in as the 46th president of the United States and 2020 is in the...

An interview with singer-songwriter James McMurtry about his music and some contemporary social issues as we wind down 2020....

Musician and novelist Willy Vlautin grew up in Reno, Nevada and is currently based in Portland, Oregon. He formed Richmond Fontaine in...

In anticipation of the upcoming election, I spoke with a few people to hear their views on who they think will win, and what the...

Greetings! The next post on Our Social Landscape will be a segment where I share your ideas about the upcoming election. I would love to...

I join my colleague Daniel Cronrath, a political scientist at the Florida State College at Jacksonville, on "This Week in Jacksonville"...

Irish poet and theologian Pádraig Ó Tuama joins me to discuss the role of poetry, lament, and rage in conflict resolution. Padraig has...

Ruth Bader Ginsburg died this past Friday, September 18th, and my stomach hurts. I wanted to wait a few days to let things soak in before...

A conversation about race, politics, and writing with Ward Churchill, American Indian activist and former chair of the Ethnic Studies...

This is the conclusion of a two-part post on defunding the police. I concluded Part I of this post by discussing the role of police...

This is Part I of a two-part post on defunding the police. In light of the civil unrest over the last few months focusing on the...

Patterson Hood of the Drive-by Truckers joins me from Portland, Oregon, to discuss his music and the state of affairs in America....

Some Housekeeping: On the 6-month anniversary of Our Social Landscape, we wanted to point out a few additions to the site (“we” meaning...

A discussion with Mike Jetty and RT White about Indian mascots in light of the Washington Redskins decision to change their name....

“The rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity and independence, bequeathed by your fathers, is shared by you, not by me. The...

Welcome to this week's installment of Our Social Landscape! Local artist and Professor Dustin Harewood joins me to discuss how art can...