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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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Bethany Nichols won the Graduate Student Paper Award from the American Sociological Association’s Social Psychology section for her paper, "Disentangling Social Class-Based Discrimination: Comparing the Causal Effects of the Material and Cultural…

Aaron Horvath has won the 2020 Ronald Burt Student Paper Award from the Economic Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association for his paper, "From Accounting to Accountability: Organizational supererogation and the transformation of…

Stanford sociologist discusses how race and class inequalities are embedded in the American criminal legal system.

For Matthew Clair, the protests following the death of George Floyd are a stark reminder of the U.S.’s turbulent racial history. “…

How Civic Organizations Are Helping to Fight COVID-19

Nonprofits have proven to be critical links in the nation’s public health infrastructure, but even those with mandates unrelated to health and poverty relief are turning out to be integral to…

Changing Human Experience grants explore society’s most challenging problems

The recently awarded Cultivating Humanities grants fund collaborative teams tackling issues of public concern including political representation of women,…

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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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