America is More Integrated than You Might Think
Even as two-thirds of Americans now say that there are strong conflicts between rich and poor, another great American division is slowly healing. We should celebrate the decline of racial segregation
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Buying Sex? It Will Cost You
Abraham Lincoln abolished slavery in this country.
Yes, The World Would Be More Peaceful With Women in Charge
Would the world be more peaceful if women were in charge?
Female Leadership Raises Aspirations and Educational Attainment for Girls: A Policy Experiment in India
Exploiting a randomized natural experiment in India, we show that female leadership influences adolescent girls' career aspirations and educational attainment.
Politics as a Male Domain and Empowerment in India
The introduction of electoral gender quotas in diverse contexts around the globe has attracted a great deal of scholarly and political interest.
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For over fifty years numerous public intellectuals and social theorists have insisted that community is dead.
The Problems of All Americans
I basically agree with the arguments Michael Dawson puts forth in his thoughtful article, especially his call for the black public sphere and black political organizations to address both racial justi
Nobel Peace Prize Winners Leymah Gbowee and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Recognized
Looking out the airplane window at a white winter landscape in Oslo yesterday, I thought back to another flight. Several years ago, a U.N. helicopter took me “up country” to the Liberian bush.
Daddy, Baby; Momma Maybe: Low Income Urban Fathers and the ‘Package Deal’ of Family Life
Book abstract: American families are far more diverse and complex today than they were 50 years ago.
The Impact Of Racial And Nonracial Structural Forces On Poor Urban Blacks
Covert Racism, subtle often hidden form of racism is explored through a multi-disciplinarian lens. The volume challenges the notion of a post-racial America.
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