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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,… 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… 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… 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… News Apr 24 2020 To Combat Covid-19, Behavioral Pitfalls Must Be Addressed During any crisis, timely, and sometimes life-altering, decisions must be made, requiring an extreme amount of sound judgment under… News Apr 14 2020 Universal Childhood Allowance Could Reduce Childhood Poverty, Edin Testifies Today, about 15 million children in the United States live in families with incomes below the federal poverty threshold. This is why… 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… News Dec 09 2019 In a Split Second, Clothes Make the Man More Competent in the Eyes of Others People perceive a person’s competence partly based on subtle economic cues emanating from the person’s clothing, according to a study… 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,… News May 29 2019 Universal Approaches to Promoting Healthy Development Princeton University and the Brookings Institution released “Universal Approaches to Promoting Healthy Development” on May 29. News May 24 2019 WWS Reacts: Restricting Abortions Across America Reproductive rights are now front and center in the 2020 campaign, as a number of states recently have tried to restrict or regulate… 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… 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… News Apr 04 2019 Politics & Polls #133: Women of Color in the Digital Space Featuring Kimberly Bryant The technology sector is an important part of the economy, yet there exists a dearth of women in the field — especially females of color… News Apr 02 2019 Racial Bias Associated with Disparities in Disciplinary Action Across U.S. Schools Studies have shown that black students are subjected to higher disciplinary rates than whites, resulting in a number of negative life… News Mar 12 2019 Reports of Corruption Increase in Nigeria After Film and Text Campaign 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… 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… News Jan 07 2019 No Laboratory Needed: The Person Project Mines Social Science Data with Secure Online Quizzes Understanding the human psyche is complex, for ordinary people and scientists alike. Now, researchers at Princeton University have… 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… News Sep 24 2018 To Dispel Myths, Redirect the Belief, Study Says Beliefs can be hard to change, even if they are scientifically wrong. But those on the fence about an idea can be swayed after hearing… 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,… 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… News Mar 02 2018 Defending Democracy: Princeton Conference to Address Civil, Military Responses in an Age of Disinformation Robert Mueller’s recent indictment of 13 Russians and their “troll farm” has given us a clearer view of what an adversary can do with… News Feb 13 2018 Pride Tops Guilt as a Motivator for Environmental Decisions A lot of pro-environmental messages suggest that people will feel guilty if they don’t make an effort to live more sustainably or takes…