A House Divided
American Parishes brings together contemporary data, methods, and questions to establish a sociological re-engagement with Catholic parishes and a Catholic re-engagement with sociological analysis.
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Multiracial Cooperation
On Election Day in 2016, it seemed unthinkable to many Americans that Donald Trump could become president of the United States.
The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America
Lynch mobs, chain gangs, and popular views of black southern criminals that defined the Jim Crow South are well known.
The Education of an Idealist
In her memoir, Power offers an urgent response to the question "What can one person do?" and a call for a clearer eye, a kinder heart, and a more open and civil hand in our politics and daily lives.
Do 40-Year-Old Facts Still Matter? Long-Run Effects of Federal Oversight under the Voting Rights Act
In 2013, the Supreme Court struck down parts of the Voting Rights Act that mandated federal oversight of election laws in discriminatory jurisdictions, prompting a spate of controversial new voting ru
Estimating the Effect of Asking About Citizenship on the US Census: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial
Whether it is defining Native Americans as non-citizens in 1800 or introducing a “mulatto” category in 1850, the classification of race and ethnicity on the U.S.
Violence Exposure and Ethnic Identification: Evidence from Kashmir
This article studies the conditions that lead peripheral minorities to identify with the state, their ethnic group, or neighboring countries.
Venture Capitalists Are Using the Wrong Tools to Improve Gender Diversity
The female startup CEO was emailing again. It was the final stage of a potential funding deal with a venture capital firm, and she was negotiating hard to close it.
Silver or Lead? Why Violence and Corruption Limit Women’s Representation
Monitors report that many elections around the world are flawed by problems of corruption and violence – sometimes both.
We Can't Get Rid of Bias — But We Can Disrupt It by Design
In 2017, all nine people who won the Nobel Prize in the sciences were men. Historically, 97 percent of Nobel laureates in the sciences have been men, mostly from Western countries.
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