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Jan Voelkel's recent research on morality and politics discussed in the New York Times

"There has been a remarkable erosion in public tolerance of 'offensive expression about race, gender and religion,' according to a paper Dennis Chong and Morris Levy, political scientists at the University of Southern California, and Jack Citrin, a political scientist at Berkeley, presented in September at the annual meeting of the American Poli

New York Times discusses Jan Voelkel and Robb Willer's paper on support for democracy

"As Trump rose to the presidency, one explanation that swept political science was the power of polarization, specifically a phenomenon known as affective polarization, but a keen group of scholars now suggests that this approach is inadequate."

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"There has been a remarkable erosion in public tolerance of 'offensive expression about race, gender and religion,' according to a paper Dennis Chong and Morris Levy, political scientists at the University of Southern California, and Jack Citrin, a political scientist at Berkeley, presented in September at the annual meeting of the American Poli

"As Trump rose to the presidency, one explanation that swept political science was the power of polarization, specifically a phenomenon known as affective polarization, but a keen group of scholars now suggests that this approach is inadequate."

Free school meal programs don’t just feed hungry kids — they’re a major win for moms Priya Fielding-Singh is an assistant professor of family and consumer studies at the University of Utah and the author of the forthcoming book “

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Deduction Rollback Hurts High-Tax States, But Exodus Isn’t Assured

A key provision in the Republican tax plan could dim the appeal of living in high-tax states like New York in favor of low-tax states like Florida. But research on the subject…

Stanford scholars Gi-Wook Shin and Michael R. Auslin discuss options for the United States as it contends with North Korea’s nuclear aspirations.

In his Tuesday address at the United Nations General Assembly, President Donald Trump…

In his new book, sociologist Tomás Jiménez turns the conventional analysis of assimilation on its head and dissects the phenomenon from the perspective of Silicon Valley’s established population.

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"A better understanding of moral reasoning could help Americans cooperate on improving the country even amid deep disagreements." - Conor Friedersdorf

Sociologist Doug McAdam examined 40 years of research and theory on social movements in an attempt to determine why a sustained grassroots movement on climate change has not developed in the United States.

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Census Shows Sharply Growing Numbers of Hispanic, Asian and Multiracial Americans Overall population growth slowed substantially over the past decade, but the number of multiracial Americans more than doubled.
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