Trends
Using data to help readers gain a new perspective on our world.
Mental Illness Affects Police Fatal Shootings
Police fatally shot almost 2,000 people in the U.S. from the beginning of 2015 to the end of 2016. Much of the news coverage about … Read MoreYoung Women of Color and Shifting Sexual Identities
Last spring, one of us was talking with a heterosexual, African-American male friend who said he’d been surprised to learn that his niece, Amani, whom … Read MoreCobesity
Jack Sprat could eat no fat. His wife could eat no lean. And so between them both, you see, They licked … Read MoreThe Problem of Urban Sprawl
The unique identity of a city has many origins, from the cultural and political to the historic and geographic. But perhaps the most basic defining … Read MoreEnglish Soccer’s Mysterious Worldwide Popularity
Why is the English Premier League so popular worldwide? Read MoreThe Rise of the Gourmet Hamburger
Not all hamburgers are created equal, and given the changes in the U.S. dietary landscape in the past 10 years, hamburgers are only getting … Read MoreChildless… or Childfree?
In the context of declining birth rates, sociologist Amy Blackstone examines the choice not to become a parent and considers social responses to that choice. Read MoreReefer Normal
Sociologist Thomas J. Linneman explores trends of support for marijuana legalization in the United States. Read MoreFood Insecurity in Rural America
Sociologists Joy Rayanne Piontak and Michael D. Schulman explore spatial inequalities in food insecurity in the United States, specifically the problems of hunger and food access in non-metropolitan and rural localities. Read MoreAging Women, Living Poorer
Sociologist Stacy Torres examines why higher poverty rates persist among older women compared with older men and finds that women continue to face significant economic disadvantages in old age, partly due to a lifetime of unpaid, work-interrupting care giving responsibilities. Read More