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This Is Why Young People Really Voted for Trump

Feeling empowered is different from numerical growth.

When It Comes to Politics, Are Any of Us Really Thinking for Ourselves?

Demography often determines what you believe.

People Get Scared and Buy a Gun. Here’s What Happens Next.

Fear of crime is a self-fulfilling prophecy.

It Is Possible to Reform the Police

How to end the racial disparity in vehicle stops.

Want to Abolish the Police? Consider Becoming an Officer Instead

If more people in law enforcement cared about the things progressives support, we’d all benefit.

Why Do the Democrats Keep Saying ‘Structural’?

Candidates are promising a kind of change that history suggests they cannot deliver.

Justice Is Blind. Sometimes, So Is Prejudice.

Jennifer L. Eberhardt’s “Biased” examines the unwitting ways that racial categories and stereotypes continue to affect human behavior.

Is Environmentalism Just for Rich People?

Sometimes it can seem as if only the privileged support the cause. But the truth is more complicated.

Is Your Culture ‘Tight’ or ‘Loose’? The Answer Could Explain Everything

Michele Gelfand’s “Rule Makers, Rule Breakers” takes a look at the differences in various human societies and chalks them up to how strictly they follow norms.

Is the United States Too Big to Govern?

So many people. Such a complex society. Perhaps we have become unmanageable.

Why Is Hollywood So Liberal?

Three possible explanations from demography, history and psychology.

Professors Behaving Badly

Maybe it’s not left-wing politics. Maybe it’s bleak employment prospects.

Is Trump’s Turmoil Slowing Economic Growth?

Political instability, including high staff turnover, can hurt a nation’s productivity.

Does Trump Embarrass You?

Mortification can be a good thing. Maybe even a politically galvanizing force.

How to Do Social Science Without Data

Lessons from the imaginative scholarship of Zygmunt Bauman.

Are Americans Experiencing Collective Trauma?

If they weren’t before the election, they are now.

Is There a ‘Ferguson Effect’?

According to new studies, the answer isn’t yes. But it isn’t no, either.

The Decline of Unions and the Rise of Trump

White working-class men didn’t necessarily have to support him.

Why Are the Highly Educated So Liberal?

It’s a boon for the Democrats, though they need to be alert to its dangers.

The Indoctrination Myth

Despite Rick Santorum’s arguments, research indicates that attending college doesn’t make students more liberal or less religious.

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It’s Time to Take Another Look at Parole

A new book by Ben Austen argues that prisoners need a path to redemption.

The Police Can Be Reformed. These Two Books Lay Out How.

In the aftermath of Tyre Nichols’s killing, it’s easy to despair. But two new books show how police departments can alter their behavior.