Are Arizona Legislators Out of Sync With The Electorate On Homosexuality?

Are Arizona Legislators Out of Sync With The Electorate On Homosexuality?

Arizona's legislature recently passed a "religious freedom" bill that would allow business owners to deny services to anyone, ...

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25 Maps and Charts That Explain America Today

25 Maps and Charts That Explain America Today

The Washington Post has compiled a list of 25 maps and charts portraying different aspects of the United States .  The data visualization to...

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States Divided on Felon Voting Rights

States Divided on Felon Voting Rights

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. recently gave a speech at Georgetown University urging states to lift bans on felons' voting . He d...

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Submissions Sought for Student Data Curation Research Paper Competition

Submissions Sought for Student Data Curation Research Paper Competition The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research ...

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Do the Benefits Of Raising The Minimum Wage Outweigh The Costs?

Do the Benefits Of Raising The Minimum Wage Outweigh The Costs?

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just released a report analyzing the effects of a minimum-wage  increase on employment and family inco...

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Patriarchy Detrimental To Men's Health

Patriarchy Detrimental To Men's Health

A new study by University of Michigan researcher Daniel Kruger and his colleagues Maryanne Fisher (St. Mary's University) and Paula Wrig...

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Marriage, Parenthood, And Happiness

Marriage, Parenthood, And Happiness

Findings from research on marriage, parenthood, and happiness have been mixed, sometimes showing little difference between parents and non-p...

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NEW! Online Learning Module Explores What Data Can Teach Us About Love and Attraction

Just in time for Valentine's Day, ICPSR's   Resources for Instructors announces the release of a new Data-Driven Learning Guide, &q...

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NEW! Library of Pedagogic Modules

TeachingWithData.org, through a partnership with the Science Education Resource Center (SERC) has developed a library of pedagogic modules ...

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Could You Live On The Minimum Wage?

Could You Live On The Minimum Wage?

In the first State of the Union of his second term, President Obama pushed to raise the Federal minimum wage to $9 an hour to address povert...

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Work Productivity: The Difference Motherhood Doesn't Make?

Work Productivity: The Difference Motherhood Doesn't Make?

There is some evidence that the wage gap between men and women is narrowing: when accounting for profession and hours worked, women make abo...

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The Shrinking American Middle-Class

The Shrinking American Middle-Class

A recent Pew Research Center/USA TODAY survey found that fewer Americans now identify as middle-class.  Compared to 58 percent in 2008 duri...

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Hispanics and the American Dream

Hispanics and the American Dream

A new poll by the Washington Post and the University of Virginia’s Miller Center surveying Americans about the American Dream suggests that...

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Analysis of Google Searches Uncovers Parents' Gender Bias

Analysis of Google Searches Uncovers Parents' Gender Bias

Seth Stephens-Davidowitz's analysis of anonymous, aggregate data from Google searches, described in a recent piece in the New York Times...

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