Broad political, economic, and social factors influence disciplinary punishment. In particular, over the last half century, such considerations have shaped jurisdictions' use of the death penalty, which has declined considerably ...
Social Sciences
Mar 9, 2021
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The extent of discriminatory treatment Black adults and children experience at every point of contact within the legal system and the biases that result in Black children's behavior being managed more harshly in school are ...
Social Sciences
Jun 29, 2020
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Despite progress in recent decades to close the salary gap between women and men in the workplace, one stubborn disparity persists: Mothers earn much less after having a child.
Social Sciences
Jun 24, 2020
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An online study that pulled equally from people who identify as Democrats or Republicans has found subtle new clues that underlie views about immigrants.
Social Sciences
Apr 23, 2020
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Concerns about the drugs used for executions are being raised again after the federal government announced it will once again execute inmates convicted of capital crimes almost 16 years after the last execution was carried ...
Social Sciences
Oct 16, 2019
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In 2010, two economists claimed that graduates of historically black colleges and universities, or HBCUs, suffer a "wage penalty"—that is, they earn relatively less than they would had they gone to a non-HBCU.
Education
Sep 11, 2019
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Within a week of the Salzburg Global Seminar's Statement for a Multilingual World launching in February 2018, the document – which calls for policies and practices that support multilingualism – had received 1.5m social ...
Social Sciences
Feb 21, 2019
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Capital punishment has been practiced on American soil for more than 400 years. Historians have documented nearly 16,000 executions, accomplished by burning, hanging, firing squad, electrocution, lethal gas and lethal injection. ...
Political science
Feb 19, 2019
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A US investigation into privacy violations by Facebook could result in a record fine running to billions of dollars, media reports said Friday.
Internet
Feb 15, 2019
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Legal immigrants with darker skin are paid up to 25 percent less than otherwise comparable lighter-skinned immigrants, a wage penalty that widened significantly four years after these immigrants first received permanent legal ...
Social Sciences
Feb 14, 2019
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