New intervention plan linked to lower risk of veteran suicides
A new strategy tested on suicidal military veterans was linked to lower odds they’d engage in suicidal behavior in the following six months.
Politics & Government
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topic of politics, elections, and local and national governments
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Race-based affirmative action: How colleges can achieve diversity without it
Without affirmative action, colleges could still ensure a racially diverse student body if they started giving preference to lower-income students while also urging more minorities to apply, a new analysis suggests.
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Door-to-door canvassing campaigns can sway voter decisions
Door-to-door canvassing campaigns actually work to persuade voters and sway national election outcomes – even when they don’t encourage more people to show up to the polls.
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Nearly 2 million U.S. families face financial hardship for ongoing heart care
Nearly 2 million low-income families affected by cardiovascular disease face high or catastrophic financial burdens due to out-of-pocket costs.
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TV news coverage linked to diminished support for Supreme Court
New research suggests the U.S. Supreme Court lost public support in recent decades partly because TV news coverage has tended to frame its decisions as political or insincere.
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California’s Prop 47 reduced felony drug arrest rates, racial disparities
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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Family separation: How does it affect children?
We’ve gathered research on family separations related to incarceration, immigration, divorce and military deployment.
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Summer benefit program improved children’s nutrition and food access
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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British colonial law linked to higher HIV rates among women in sub-Saharan Africa
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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Civic engagement declines when local newspapers shut down
Studies show that areas with fewer local news outlets have lower levels of civic engagement, voter turnout and political accountability.
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