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Many food pantries are already operating at capacity and won't be able to close the gap when the federal shutdown cuts into aid.

Orange County has a choice: allow fear to hollow out our future or lead the way in building a county where all can thrive.

We give it an F. Though considering portions of it are plagiarized, it probably shouldn't even be graded.

YouTube video by USC Levan Institute for the Humanities

ABSTRACT. In the summer of 2020, the heightened visibility of the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor at the hands of police catalyzed reform effort

Abstract. Racism shapes the ways racialized actors and groups feel about the social world, but how does racism get reproduced through affective politics, t

Data and Analysis to Power Social Change

An explosion of enthusiasm for girls’ flag football has led some to wonder why we're protecting one sex while celebrating the sport's dangers for another.

TikTok video by The Los Angeles Times

The authors investigate whether work-family policies help incorporate women into the labor market, but exacerbate the gender earnings gap and motherhood penalty...

Although the ratio of women’s to men’s housework hours has declined, women still spend more time than men doing household tasks in most high-income contexts. Th...

Create a moral panic. Blame it on certain people. Commence monitoring. Deploy droves of security agents. Detain or remove the targets. Sound familiar?