How can the world's wealthiest country be so poor in hope? It's a question that a University of Maryland economist is asking about the United States, where unprecedented levels of despair have manifested in a national mental ...
Social Sciences
Sep 22, 2023
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"American racism is alive and well," begins a new journal article led by Steven O. Roberts, a Stanford psychologist, that arrives during a time of heightened attention to racial injustice in the United States.
Social Sciences
Jun 9, 2020
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People of Asian descent living in the U.S. experienced an increase in housing vulnerability in 2021—as measured by the share who said they had fallen behind on their rent or mortgage payments—even as the government spent ...
Economics & Business
Mar 6, 2023
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White children show signs of implicit racism from the age of five by favouring people with the same skin colour, according to new research.
Social Sciences
Nov 23, 2017
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The landmark United States Supreme Court ruling in Loving v. Commonwealth of Virginia abolished bans on interracial marriage in the United States in 1967, but a new academic paper from Rice University and Texas A&M University ...
Social Sciences
Jul 18, 2023
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Implicit racial bias refers to automatic, non-conscious behaviors, even if one's explicit attitude is not biased at all. Several studies have shown these prejudices are reduced in white people after being in the body of a ...
Social Sciences
Dec 17, 2020
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Black employees who engage in racial codeswitching—adjusting behaviors to optimize the comfort of others in exchange for a desired outcome—are consistently perceived by both Black and white people as more professional ...
Social Sciences
Aug 30, 2021
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The prospect that the U.S. Supreme Court could soon strike down its landmark abortion-rights decision in Roe v. Wade has galvanized some social media users—from Pennsylvania to Colorado, and New Jersey to Canada—to organize ...
Social Sciences
Jun 3, 2022
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Less-educated U.S. workers often face a lifetime of financial challenges, but some among them are more disadvantaged than others: Young Asian and white men without college education are paid more—sometimes far more—than ...
Social Sciences
Jan 11, 2023
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The racial views of U.S. Black and white teenagers exhibit large gaps that align with partisanship among their parents, according to new research led by Stefanie Stantcheva, a Harvard professor of economics. The working paper, ...
Social Sciences
Nov 1, 2021
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