A map created by researchers at the University of Cincinnati can predict with surprising accuracy how the racial makeup of neighborhoods will change.
Social Sciences
Jul 14, 2022
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A geography professor at the University of Cincinnati repurposed NASA maps to show the changing racial diversity of every neighborhood in the continental United States.
Social Sciences
Apr 21, 2017
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Average neighborhood income may play a role in creating food deserts in cities of all sizes, according to a Kansas State University study.
Social Sciences
Feb 12, 2016
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The persistent gender gap in voting for Democrats versus Republicans is, in part, because a higher proportion of women than men voters are Black and because Black voters have historically voted overwhelmingly Democratic, ...
Social Sciences
Jun 12, 2023
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When assessing education, much attention goes to the administrative control of the school district, teaching and testing. But little goes to the growing evidence that where learning occurs matters. American school buildings ...
Social Sciences
Dec 3, 2010
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The landmark Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson upheld the doctrine of "separate but equal," but for many decades after that segregation was enforced in virtually all aspects of life, including the military.
Social Sciences
May 7, 2021
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Racial residential segregation in the Chicago area may be perpetuated by a lack of knowledge of communities across racial lines, according to a new study led by a University of Illinois at Chicago researcher.
Social Sciences
Nov 30, 2009
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Research from Washington University in St. Louis exposes the deadly legacy of redlining, the 1930s-era New Deal practice that graded neighborhoods by financial risk and solidified the notion that an area's property value ...
Social Sciences
Jan 27, 2023
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Native residents of a neighborhood are more likely to move out when immigrants move in, according to new research by three American sociologists.
Social Sciences
Feb 8, 2011
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When the Voting Rights Act was signed into law in 1965, it didn't just enfranchise Black voters in the American South. It also led to greater representation of Black lawmakers in local government, according to a new paper ...
Political science
May 9, 2023
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