Cuban-Americans: Politics, culture and shifting demographics
2014 selection of studies that explores the complex history, political convictions and changing nature of persons of Cuban origin living in the United States.
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Top 10 new research articles on digital news, social media for 2015
2015 year-end compilation of the best research in digital news and social media according to a range of scholars, digital gurus and journalists. Item first was published at Nieman Lab.
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How state policy affects how guns move between states
2013 study from Brown University traces guns recovered from crime scenes back to the states where they originally were sold by gun dealers.
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Incarcerated fathers: Impacts on children
A 2015 study from Cornell University examines the impact of paternal incarceration on children’s social and behavioral functioning.
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Vaccine noncompliance, measles and public information: Research on MMR outbreaks
2015 review of public health and communications research suggesting that messages to address growing noncompliance with vaccines must be modified and tested.
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Affirmative action in university admissions: Research roundup
2013 roundup of recent studies and papers on affirmative action, admissions, campus diversity and racial attitudes at U.S. universities.
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Terrorism sentencing: Challenges for criminal prosecutors in the U.S. and abroad
2015 roundup of academic research and scholarly literature that looks at the challenges that criminal prosecutors in the U.S. and aboard face in determining appropriate prison sentences for those convicted of participating in terrorism-related activities.
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China’s one-child policy: Impacts on adopted girls
2015 report published in Population Studies examines the practice by some Chinese parents of adopting girls and raising them as future wives for their biological sons.
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The health effects and costs of air pollution: Research roundup
2015 review of scholarship on impact of air pollution in the United States, including health effects, economic costs and automotive and transportation causes.
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Legalized gambling: Fiscal impact on U.S. counties
This 2015 study looks at the impacts that legalizing gambling has on the local and state government expenditures and revenues.
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