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Prior research finds that different kinds of religious engagement, including beliefs, practices, and affinities, are associated with lower rates of depressive symptoms. As rates of depression in the ...

Research on government spending focuses primarily on the roles of partisanship, ideology, and in-group self-interest. Beyond these, the authors propose that rel...

Benches are microcosms of an expansive debate about who belongs in urban public spaces. When they are removed or made uninviting, we lose more than just a place to rest.

Social Indicators Research - Remaining unmarried and living alone are becoming more common in Western countries, including the U.S. Prior research has focused on the social lives of these...

Jürgen Habermas, whose work on communication, rationality and sociology made him one of the world’s most influential philosophers and a key intellectual figure in his native Germany, has died.

The Boston Housing Authority is piloting a new type of window-mounted heat pump that's relatively inexpensive and easy to install.

Why there can be no more traditionalists, only Trads

Family members say the man who was killed by a federal officer in Minneapolis was an intensive care nurse at a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital who cared deeply about people and was upset ...

This fascinating book takes readers inside the world of faith-based progressive community organizing, one of the largest and most effective social justice mo...

Our 2026 summer internship program will be open to applications January 16-February 11, 2026. Our paid summer internship program is a learning and

Federalism in the classroom, silence on the street

Massachusetts resident Sam Aquillano’s passion for Lego building as an art form drove him to create a new, independent magazine, Bricka. The first issue printed this month.

Existing scholarship on US professors' political views focuses overwhelmingly on their attitudes toward social and cultural issues rather than economic ones. This study explores American academics' p...

Abstract. Religious people are considered to be more conformist, both in popular imagination and in scholarly literature. However, most studies on religion

WASHINGTON—Citing that a majority of Americans are irresponsible, easily distracted people who have little regard for other human beings, a new Department of Transportation report revealed Wednesday t...

Because most White people remain uncomfortable discussing or even just hearing about anything to do with race, White students in sociology classrooms often beco...

Brain imaging is illuminating the patterns linked to productive, positive dialogue, and those insights could help people connect with others

Astrology is a multi-million-dollar industry. Its ubiquity in contemporary social life suggests that astrology may be an important component of Americans’ ident...

Existing research demonstrates that liberals are more likely than conservatives to endorse climate policies. Scholars attribute this to differences in worldview...