Upward mobility—the capacity to improve one's socioeconomic status—is key to realizing the American dream of a long, prosperous, and happy life, Yale researchers say. In a new study, they found a strong relationship between ...
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Jul 28, 2021
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The killings of African Americans at the hands of police officers has continued unabated in the United States. In the past year, the deaths of Breonna Taylor in her bed and George Floyd by public asphyxiation are two of the ...
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Apr 16, 2021
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Long before Tyrone, Jermaine and Darnell came along, there were Isaac, Abe and Prince.
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Mar 25, 2021
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Are you a highly educated and relatively wealthy Black man in the U.S.? Studies that we have done and also those by others show that you are at increased risk of discrimination and depression. Our research on the intersection ...
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Jul 21, 2020
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A new study of racial and ethnic disparities in school discipline found that black middle school students were significantly less likely than their white peers to receive verbal or written warnings from their teachers about ...
Social Sciences
Jul 29, 2019
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When the NFL draft takes place, it will represent a professional dream come true for the 224 college football players who get picked.
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Apr 26, 2019
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Evidence suggests white teachers are more negative with – and have lower expectations for – black students.
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Feb 25, 2019
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Efforts to ban such questions show promise to ease re-entry into workforce for increasing number of Americans with criminal histories
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Feb 22, 2019
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If you go strictly by the official account, heatstroke was the cause of death for University of Maryland football player Jordan McNair. McNair died earlier this year following a grueling practice in which training staff failed ...
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Aug 20, 2018
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The development of masculinity among black males and its relationship to racial identity and race-related traumas and stress is the focus of a new book written by Wright State University's Steven Kniffley Jr. and two of his ...
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Mar 28, 2018
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