In The News: Department of Sociology

AlterNet

Ammon Bundy became infamous in 2014 when he was involved in an armed standoff with federal officials in Nevada, where his father, rancher Cliven Bundy, refused to pay grazing fees.

Washington Post

Ammon Bundy has carried a small copy of the U.S. Constitution in his front pocket for the past seven years. He does so to remind himself of what the government is supposed to do to serve the people without abusing its authority, he said.

KATU ABC2

Oregon's House Judiciary Committee held an informational hearing Thursday on a bill that would decriminalize prostitution in the state.

Portland Tribune

Local activists are pushing state lawmakers to decriminalize sex work across Oregon. As much as 68% of the public supports the idea, according to a ballot measure consultant.

KOIN NBC6

As much as 68% of the public supports the idea, according to a ballot measure consultant.

The Mercury News

Demi Lovato’s announcement Wednesday about being nonbinary means, among other things, that people will continue to hear the word more often.

Los Angeles Times

His book, “American Swastika: Inside the White Power Movement’s Hidden Spaces of Hate,” cowritten with Robert Futrell, includes interviews with white supremacists and details how hate groups cultivate new members.

NBC News

Jessica Washington, a single mother of two, moved from Chicago to Las Vegas in 2006 after she lost her airline job and needed a fresh start. In some ways, she found it: She moved into a roomy apartment, got hired by the Transportation Security Administration, and bought a used BMW. Then the police began stopping her.

CapRadio

Nevada lawmakers are weighing a bill for the fifth time in a number of years that would convert minor traffic violations from criminal offenses into civil infractions and remove the threat of incarceration.

American Renaissance

The first images of “The Last Battle” seem designed to rile people on the conservative side of the culture wars: public nudity, strippers, children dressed in drag — symbols of a society supposedly in a moral free fall.

Washington Post

The first images of “The Last Battle” seem designed to rile people on the conservative side of the culture wars: public nudity, strippers, children dressed in drag—symbols of a society supposedly in a moral free fall.

Yahoo!

Far-right extremists are increasingly using more sophisticated methods to recruit new members.