After the passage of California’s Proposition 47, which reduced criminal penalties for drug possession, felony drug arrest rates declined and racial disparities among these arrests decreased.
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We’ve gathered research on family separations related to incarceration, immigration, divorce and military deployment.
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Offering families financial assistance to purchase food in the summer improved school-aged children’s food security by 20 percent and boosted the quality of their diets.
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The likelihood that a woman in sub-Saharan Africa has HIV today is linked to whether her country was once colonized by Britain or a continental European country.
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Studies show that areas with fewer local news outlets have lower levels of civic engagement, voter turnout and political accountability.
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Enrollment in SNAP and the Affordable Care Act declined among Hispanic citizens of the United States after the Secure Communities program took effect.
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A growing body of research addresses the issue of responses to climate change, including the decision to relocate or rebuild.
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Our new tip sheet outlines 11 questions journalists should ask to help them decide how to frame the findings of a public opinion poll — or cover them at all.
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An overview of violence in Brazil to help international political reporters who are covering the October elections
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Fracking is linked to increased rates of sexually transmitted infections in Ohio, according to research published in March 2018 in PLoS ONE.
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