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"As Trump rose to the presidency, one explanation that swept political science was the power of polarization, specifically a phenomenon known as affective polarization, but a keen group of scholars now suggests that this approach is inadequate…

This Is How The White Population Is Actually Changing Based On New Census Data

Some news coverage of the latest 2020 census results may have led you to think the white population in the U.S. is shrinking or in decline. The actual story about the…

Free school meal programs don’t just feed hungry kids — they’re a major win for moms

Priya Fielding-Singh is an assistant professor of family and consumer studies at the University of Utah and the author of the forthcoming book “How the Other…

Census Shows Sharply Growing Numbers of Hispanic, Asian and Multiracial Americans

Overall population growth slowed substantially over the past decade, but the number of multiracial Americans more than doubled.

The United States grew…

The road to the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics has been a long and winding one, says Stanford sociologist

The 2020 Summer Olympics have begun this week but public support among the Japanese public for the games has been generally low and their mood…