Tag: data
Transgender Americans are more likely to be unemployed and poor
Christopher Carpenter, Vanderbilt University and Gilbert Gonzales, Vanderbilt University
The United States Supreme Court will issue a ruling this year in a landmark case that...
The secondhand smoke you’re breathing may have come from another state
Sebastian Eastham, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Steven Barrett, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Scientists estimate that each year in the U.S., outdoor air pollution shortens...
I track murder cases that use the ‘gay panic defense,’ a...
W. Carsten Andresen, St. Edward's University
On January 21, New Jersey became the ninth state in the nation to ban the gay panic defense, a...
Exploring the data on Hollywood’s gender pay gap
Roberto Pedace, Scripps College
Audiences were furious to hear that Michelle Williams was paid eight times less than Mark Wahlberg for her starring role in...
Immigrants and some people of color are moving to the suburbs...
Grigoris Argeros, Eastern Michigan University
In the traditional American image of suburbia, the majority of residents are predominately native-born white Americans, living in large single-family...
Why are private prisons controversial? 3 questions answered
John M. Eason, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Editor’s note: Private prisons have long stirred controversy, most recently over their role in housing undocumented immigrants and asylum...
A quarter of US parents are unmarried – and that changes...
Orestes 'Pat' Hastings, Colorado State University and Daniel Schneider, University of California, Berkeley
Family structure in America is sharply divided by class and race.
While 84%...
Is it even possible to connect ’13 Reasons Why’ to teen...
Emily Lund, University of Alabama and Michael R. Nadorff, Mississippi State University
Netflix recently released the third season of “13 Reasons Why,” and the Salt...
EXPLORING NATURE
Sea level doesn’t rise at the same rate everywhere – we...
Shaina Sadai, Five College Consortium and Ambarish Karmalkar, University of Rhode Island
When polar ice sheets melt, the effects...
