Do Latino Christians and seculars fit the “culture war” profile? Latino religiosity and politics
2012 study by the University of Southern Mississippi in the journal Politics and Religion on religion and politics in the Latino community.
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Courting Christians: How candidates prime religious considerations in campaign ads
2012 study from Louisiana State University in The Journal of Politics on the impact of religious messaging in political advertisements.
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The rise of residential segregation by income in the United States
2012 study from the Pew Research Center on how the American demographic landscape is seeing increasing numbers of areas segregated by income.
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The decade of decline: Gender equity in high school sports
2012 report from a University of Michigan-affiliated policy center that examines how laws promoting women’s opportunities in sports are being adopted.
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Do judges vary in their treatment of race?
2012 paper from the University of Pennsylvania, University of Chicago and Harvard University on defendant race and unequal sentencing decisions.
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Getting out the vote: Minority mobilization in a U.S. presidential election
2011 study in Political Behavior showing how minorities frequently receive less in-person contacts, and how this explains different voter participation rates.
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Census Bureau: Minorities in U.S. growing toward a majority
2012 report from the U.S. Census Bureau providing a picture of how demographic on race and ethnicity are shifting across the United States.
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From violence to voting: War and political participation in Uganda
2009 study published in the American Political Science Review on how soldiers in Uganda’s civil war are more likely to engage in post-conflict political participation.
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The profile of undecided voters: Research roundup
October 2012 review of analysis, polls and research on so-called undecided voters, on the eve of the 2012 presidential election.
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Future of mobile news: Growth in mobile audiences and what it means
2012 report from the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism on the rise of mobile news and emerging data on audience habits and reading/buying patterns.
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