In Brief
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Where Intersectionality is a Strategy
Despite a consensus that men’s involvement is crucial to women’s rights movements, including the long-standing push to stop violence against women, it remains a struggle … Read MoreFacing Race in Adoptive Families
Children adopted into families whose race or ethnicity differs from their own—transracial adoptive families—force their parents to confront uncomfortable racial realities. Read MoreCrime is Even Lower in Diverse Immigrant Neighborhoods
Immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than U.S. natives. Still, Donald J. Trump’s presidential campaign hinged partly on stoking fear of criminality among U.S. Read MoreHelicopter Parents in the Hospital
How far can parents go when advocating for their sick child? Better yet, how far will doctors allow them to go? Read MoreSwedish Parents Get the Interview
Research typically finds evidence for a “fatherhood premium” and a “motherhood penalty”: parenthood is good for fathers’ earnings and reduces mothers’ earnings. However, studies directly testing employer discrimination are few and inconclusive in their results. Read MoreFewer Kids, More Equality
An across-the-board decrease in larger families might be a net gain for child outcomes—and its pronounced change among disadvantaged families might help reduce American inequality. Read MoreHealth, Now and Later
What is the relationship between diabetes and personality? Read MoreOf Porn and Prayer
Is the rise in pornography consumption reducing religiosity? Read MoreGet Tough on the Huddled Masses
Illegal documentation status elicits the strongest support for aggressive policing. Read MoreSuccess and Failure in Framing Social Movements
How social movements frame their issues is crucial for success or failure, but understanding how framing works remains a challenge for researchers and activists alike. Read More