Before the pandemic, one-third of U.S. households with children were already "net worth poor," lacking enough financial resources to sustain their families for three months at a poverty level, finds new research from Duke ...
Social Sciences
Jan 6, 2021
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The discrepancy in perception among white Americans shows a far more optimistic view of the racial progress that has been made since the 1960s, according to a new study by Ivy Onyeador, a professor at Northwestern University's ...
Social Sciences
Sep 22, 2020
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Infants as young as six months old can recognize differences in skin color. By age two and a half, research has shown, children prefer playmates who are similar in race and gender. And as early as age three, they are forming ...
Education
Jun 16, 2020
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It's hard for families with kids to save money. In the U.S., it's even harder when the family is black, a new study finds.
Social Sciences
Jun 4, 2020
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Many relatively well-off parents drive their kids to special activities after school. On top of trips to soccer practices and games or piano lessons and recitals, they increasingly make one more stop: a trip to their local ...
Education
Mar 2, 2020
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Family structure in America is sharply divided by class and race.
Social Sciences
Sep 19, 2019
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More women are drinking alcohol and an Iowa State University research team is working to understand why.
Social Sciences
Aug 20, 2019
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White parents who feel that they're falling through the cracks of today's economy may be more likely to believe in authoritarian parenting practices such as spanking and demanding obedience, a new study found.
Social Sciences
Feb 19, 2019
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From Brussels, China or Milan. "Surnames" aside, cabbages are grown nowadays all over the world. Like them, many other plants from the Brassicaceae family such as cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage and even mustard... yes, strange ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 5, 2019
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When Americans study their 19th-century history, they tend to look at its great conflicts, especially the epic clash over slavery. They are less likely to recall its broad areas of agreement.
Social Sciences
Dec 20, 2018
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