sociology
The National Defense Education Act of 1958 meshed with white anxiety about the desegregation of schools.
Is it genes or their special bond that drives identical twins to offend at similar rates?
Genes are sometimes called the “blueprint of life,” but that doesn’t make them the behavioral playbook.
About three out of every four people arrested in the U.S. are men. That rate is similar across the world.
In 1924, sociologist and social reformer Caroline Bartlett Crane designed an award-winning tiny home in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Some of the world’s most satisfied societies are poor, small, and remote.
An MIT study finds the brains of children who grow up in less affluent households are less responsive to rewarding experiences.
Five times in U.S. history, American presidential candidates have ascended to leadership despite lacking the popular vote. Here’s how.
People who score high in “obsessive passion” can become rigidly consumed by ideological causes — sometimes dangerously so.
From Hogwarts to hashtags, kids’ reading habits have changed drastically in recent decades — but data suggests cause for hope.
Smaller family networks, more great-grandparents, and fewer cousins.
The U.S. ranked 59th worldwide.
Is it better to be the oldest sibling, the youngest, or in the middle?
Today, the F-word is enjoying a renaissance the likes of which it hasn’t seen since, well, the Renaissance.
You can learn an awful lot about people, culture, and politics by studying R.
How much do citizens really value free elections?
When ancient humans stared into the darkness, they imagined monsters. Today, staring into the future, AI is the monster.
Exile is a kind of death of who you once were.
To see a true cross-section of American society, head to Applebee’s, Buffalo Wild Wings, IHOP, Chili’s, and Olive Garden.
An influential series of books argues that the history of the world is the history of generations. Is it right?
“Precarious manhood” is the belief that manhood must be earned and constantly defended. It has a poor outcome.
Many countries’ histories are governed by the familiar demographic story of growth, industrialization, and decline. But not France.
Through humility, the old arrogance of infallibility crumbles. And in that there is genuine hope to prevent wrongful convictions.
We’ve heard this argument before.
If someone can make you feel insecure, incomplete, and inadequate, they then can present themselves as the solution you need.
In work and life, the rules of success are being redefined.
In Georgia, it’s becoming less common to pronounce words like “prize” as “prahz.”
“When Harry Met Sally” lied to you.
There are issues with Kinsey’s data, but his books revolutionized Americans’ thinking about sex and sexuality.