Impact of immigration on anti-Hispanic hate crime in the United States
2011 study in the Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice on higher levels of hate crimes in places of increased immigration.
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Is choice a panacea? Black secondary student attrition from private charters and urban districts
2011 study from the University of Texas and Rice University in the Berkeley Review of Education on African-Americans’ charter school attrition rates.
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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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Wage and hour violations in urban labor markets
2012 study by the City University of New York and the University of California, Los Angeles, on labor-law violations in urban centers in the United States.
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Poverty and health: The mediating role of perceived discrimination
2012 study from Cornell University and University of Wisconsin-Madison in Psychological Science on how poverty levels and perceived discrimination can lead to poorer health.
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Perceptions of discrimination and racial policy opinion after Obama
2011 study from the University of Michigan on racial attitudes and perceptions in America immediately before and after Barack Obama’s election.
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Money, benefits and power: The “glass ceiling” and “glass escalator” hypotheses
2012 study by the City University of New York on the how the interaction of gender, race and ethnicity can produce wage and benefit inequality.
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Pew Research: Gun rights, abortion, gay marriage views over time
2012 Pew Research Center report with new survey information from more than 3,000 people on social issues and historical comparative data.
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Religious beliefs, contact with gays and lesbians and opinions on same-sex marriage
2012 study from the University of Maryland published in Politics & Policy on how relationships with gay people can influence the views of religious individuals.
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Impact of jury race and selection on verdicts in criminal trials
2012 study by Duke University published in The Quarterly Journal of Economics on the racial composition of a jury and criminal court outcomes.
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