Citizen Action
Muslim Americans and cultural challenges: Research roundup
| August 1, 2016
2016 collection of research and reports focusing on Muslim-Americans.
Author: john-wihbey
Criminal Justice
Excessive or reasonable force by police? Research on law enforcement and racial conflict
| July 28, 2016
Updated review of studies and reports that provide insights into law enforcement actions and recent patterns in America.
Culture
Who plays the lottery, and why: Updated collection of research
| July 27, 2016
2016 review of the research literature on U.S. lotteries and the types of people most likely to play.
Budget
Minimum wage: Updated research roundup on the effects of increasing pay
| July 27, 2016
2016 literature review of academic studies and papers that looks at the minimum wage in the United States, its wider effects and policy implications.
Congress
The economic value of America’s national parks and National Park Service programs
| July 11, 2016
2016 report from researchers at Colorado State and Harvard universities that provides the first overall assessment of the economic value of America's national parks and programs offered by the National Park Service.
Budget
Carbon tax and pricing greenhouse gas emissions: Research and perspectives
| July 5, 2016
A 2016 roundup of studies and papers that provide perspective on the ongoing debate over a proposed U.S. carbon tax.
Criminal Justice
Deaths in police custody in the United States: Research review
| July 2, 2016
2015 research roundup analyzing data related to deaths of suspects in police custody and looking at the academic literature that speaks to problematic or risky restraint tactics.
News Media
The evolving relationship between social media and news: Three 2016 charts for perspective
| June 23, 2016
Synthesis of several 2016 research reports on news and social media, highlighting key graphics that show the evolution in this space.
Culture
Alligator fatal attacks and encounters with humans: Historical data and research
| June 16, 2016
2005 report in Wilderness and Environmental Medicine that looks at the prevalence and characteristics of alligator attacks on humans in the U.S. from 1948 to 2004.
Development
Migration, immigration and demographic science: Longer-term perspectives
| June 9, 2016
2016 study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) that provides one of the most comprehensive analyses to date of the many fluid dimensions of population movement across societies.