Pew Research Center: The lost decade of the middle class
2012 report from the Pew Research Center on survey data relating to middle-class Americans, with economic context from government data.
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Voter ID, voting rights and election 2012: Research roundup
2012 review of relevant studies, reports and media resources relating to voter disenfranchisement, fraud and other issues.
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Unauthorized alien students: Issues and “DREAM Act” legislation
2012 report by the CRS summarizing the proposed immigration reforms on permanent residency status for unauthorized alien students in the United States.
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“Social science done on deadline”: Research chat with ASU’s Steve Doig on data journalism
2012 interview between News21 collaborators ASU professor Steve Doig and Alex Remington, of Journalist’s Resource.
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Influence of Democratic and Republican conventions on opinions of the presidential candidates
2012 study from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in American Political Research on the impact of conventions on opinions of the nominees.
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Evangelical elites’ changing responses to homosexuality, 1960-2009
2012 study from researchers at Purdue University published in Sociology of Religion on the evolution in attitudes of evangelicals toward gays over time.
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New views on urban communities and poverty in the United States
2012 roundup of studies on urban poverty and its impact on health, work and well-being, including education, crime levels and access to food.
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Evaluating the impact of vice presidential selection on voter choice
2010 study from the University of California, Irvine, on the average effect a vice presidential candidate has on the electorate.
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Rising temperatures, extreme weather and climate change knowledge: Research roundup
Roundup of recent studies on global warming, rising average temperatures, and public and private opinions on climate change.
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Perception of climate change: Examining extreme temperatures
2012 study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on the change in probability of extreme weather events such as heat waves.
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