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New Deal Housing Programs Dramatically Increased Contemporary Segregation
Contact: Johanna Olexy, ASA Director of Communications, at (202) 247-9873, communications@asanet.org Study finds Depression-Era Housing...
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Resources on Race, Police Violence, and Justice
Protests against police violence and the systemic racism underlying it are underway across the country. Sociologists have much to...
Stability and Change in Americans’ Perception of Freedom
by Orlando Patterson and Ethan Fosse | Summer 2019Freedom is one of America’s most cherished values. The cognitive scientist George Lakoff...
Disrupting the Racial Wealth Gap
by Melvin L. Oliver and Thomas M. ShapiroToxic levels of wealth inequality in the United States broke into public awareness on the heels of...
Income Inequality Is Changing How Parents Invest in Their Kids, Widening Class Divides in the U.S.
A new study shows that rising income inequality in the U.S. has led affluent parents to increase spending on their children, widening the...
Income inequality Is Changing How Parents Invest in Their Kids, Widening Class Divides in the U.S.
A new study shows that rising income inequality in the U.S. has led affluent parents to increase spending on their children, widening the...
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For Mexican migrants skills learned in the United States create new opportunities for business formation and economic mobility
Hernando was born and raised in Heredia, a small agricultural community in central Mexico with an established history of emigration to the...
New Study Contradicts Perceived Immigrant Education Paradox
For years, social science research has revealed a seemingly paradoxical pattern in which educational attainment of immigrant children, even...
Income Inequality Leads Millennials to Start Families before Marriage
Rising income inequality, and the resulting scarcity of certain types of jobs, is a key reason a growing number of young Americans are...
Study Finds Evidence of Racial and Class Discrimination Among Psychotherapists
A new study suggests that psychotherapists discriminate against prospective patients who are black or working class.
"Although I expected...
Daughters of Interracial Parents More Likely Than Sons to Identify As Multiracial
Daughters of interracial parents are more likely than sons to identify as multiracial, and this is especially true for children of black-...