by Dennis Joiner | Jun 1, 2026 | Social Change, Society, Society & Culture
Photo by freepik Before the 20th century, the family dynamic among Americans was quite different. Then came an invention that changed everything. Let’s talk about how television changed family life in 1950s America and forward. Before the 1950s, most American...
by Dennis Joiner | May 2, 2026 | Social Change, Society, Society & Culture, U.S. Politics
Photo by WikimediaCommons The question of why the 1950s economy changed American family life has a clear answer: money, jobs, and housing all shifted in powerful ways. After World War II ended, soldiers came home ready to settle down. and the government passed the...
by Dennis Joiner | Apr 3, 2026 | History, Social Change, The Turn, U.S. Politics
Photo by senivpetro Life in America looks very different now than it did for our grandparents and great-grandparents, and looking through the lens of American history, we can see the major cultural shiftsthat have shaped our daily lives: from the clothes we...
by Dennis Joiner | Apr 2, 2026 | Discrimination, Social Change, The Turn, U.S. Politics
Photo by freepik Protests happen when people feel they have no other choice. When words fail, when leaders ignore them, when nothing changes despite years of asking nicely—that is when ordinary people rise up. The book The Turn by Dennis Joiner shows how this has...
by Dennis Joiner | Mar 3, 2026 | Discrimination, History, Social Change, Society, The Turn
Photo by pressfoto Understanding wokeism in American politics and media is critical for anyone trying to make sense of today’s headlines. The new culture war that is tearing through communities, workplaces, and families is deeply founded on in-group dynamics,...
by Dennis Joiner | Mar 3, 2026 | Social Change, Society, The Turn, U.S. Politics
Photo by jcomp The force of woke ideology has swept across America like a powerful wave, starting on college campuses and now reaching into workplaces, schools, and government buildings. Some people see it as a long-overdue push for fairness, while others view it as a...
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