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Search News Dec 11 2020 Polarization Increases with Economic Decline, Becoming Cripplingly Contagious The rise of populist movements is changing political systems around the world. As support for these “anti-elite” movements intensifies, many are… News Nov 30 2020 Covid-19 Shutdowns Disproportionately Affected Low-Income Black Households The alarming rate at which Covid-19 has killed Black Americans has highlighted the deeply embedded racial disparities in the U.S. health care system… News Oct 12 2020 Mellody Hobson ’91 Shortly after graduating from Princeton University, Mellody Hobson ’91 joined Ariel Investments as an intern. Today, she serves as the company’s co… News Jun 02 2020 Discrimination, Inequality May Erase ‘Birthweight Advantage' of Black U.S. Immigrants in One Generation Black women have the highest prevalence of low birthweight babies compared to other racial and ethnic groups, but black immigrants typically have… News Apr 29 2020 Politics & Polls #183: Economic Inequality and Covid-19 Featuring Sir Angus Deaton Covid-19 has had a disproportionate impact on at-risk populations, shining the spotlight on economic inequality and instability. Issues such as… News Apr 15 2020 WWS Reacts: How Developing Countries Might Grapple with Covid-19 Covid-19 is present in rich and poorer countries alike, but the looming crisis in developing countries — where dense, vulnerable populations make… News Jan 15 2020 Social Networks May Drive College Decisions Younger siblings may indeed look up to their older kin — to the point that it influences where they go to college.Using data from centralized school… News Sep 16 2019 Funding Available for Innovative Education Projects and Programs A fund offered through Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs will support creative, interdisciplinary… News May 23 2019 Initially Threatened by Change, People Adapt to Societal Diversity Over Time President Donald Trump recently introduced immigration reforms that would prioritize education and employment qualifications over family connections… News Apr 24 2019 Inequality Gap Grew Before the Great Recession and After, Study Finds The Great Recession hit Americans across the socioeconomic spectrum, with some still working to recover economically. Yet, the drivers behind these… News Mar 08 2019 Princeton Researchers Awarded Funding for Innovative Education Research Projects A group of researchers at Princeton University will receive funding to work on innovative, cross-disciplinary education research projects over the… News Feb 04 2019 Project to Collect Real Portraits of American Life Today, only half of children grow up to earn more than their parents, as opportunities for upward mobility continue to decline. Meanwhile, more than… News Jan 15 2019 Q&A: Information, Democracy, and Autocracy: Transparency and Political (In)Stability Americans seeking information about unemployment rates, wage growth and inflation can do so with the click of a button. But transparency of this kind… News Jan 03 2019 Politics & Polls #120: Immigration Then & Now Issues related to immigration have occupied a central role in political debates, especially during the Trump presidency. Although the current focus… News Dec 17 2018 WWS Reacts: Trump’s Border Wall, DACA and "Chain Migration" So-called “chain migration” is in the news again as House Republicans try to introduce a government funding bill that includes $5 billion in funding… News Sep 10 2018 Funding Available for Innovative Education Projects and Programs A fund offered through Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs will support creative, interdisciplinary… News Jun 18 2018 Mental Health Declining Among Disadvantaged American Adults American adults of low socioeconomic status report increasing mental distress and worsening well-being, according to a new study by Princeton… News Mar 30 2018 WWS Reacts: The 2020 Census President Donald Trump’s plan to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census has sparked controversy in Washington and beyond. Below, Princeton… News Mar 28 2018 Diversity of Student Body Falls as Tuition Rises A $1,000 tuition increase at four-year nonselective public institutions is associated with a 4.5 percent drop in campus diversity among full-time… News Feb 21 2018 Politics & Polls #79: Immigration, Refugees and the State of Journalism in 2018 Today, the nation faces a series of major policy challenges revolving around immigrants and refugees. In this episode, Julian Zelizer talks to NPR… News Jan 11 2018 In India, Subtle Corruption Robs Villagers of Roads Examining a major road-building program in India, researchers at Princeton University and the Paris School of Economics used an innovative technique…
