Plant-Centered Diets Among Older Adults: The Need for Improved Nutritional Health Messaging
One way aging adults may mitigate disease onset and progression is through increased consumption of plant-based foods.
Mapping Latin America: A Cartographic Reader
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The Awakening Coast
The Awakening Coast offers the first comprehensive English-language selection of the writings of the multinational missionaries who established the Moravian faith among the indigenous and Afro-descendant populations through the turbulent years of the Great Awakening of 1881 to 1882, when converts flocked to the church and the mission’s membership more than doubled.
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Nine Ways Grandparenting is Changing with the COVID-19 Pandemic
This research brief describes these long-term sociodemographic changes and uses in-depth interviews conducted before the pandemic to illustrate nine specific ways grandparenting is shifting in the U.S.
COVID-19 Has Reduced the Latino Mortality Advantage among Older Adults
This research brief examines Latino-white differences in COVID-19 mortality rates among older adults and describes how those disparities have reduced the Latino mortality advantage in this age group.
Civil Rights, Firearm Safety, and Environmental Protection Policies Predict Better Health among U.S. Midlife Adults
This research brief examines the association between several state policies and self-rated health among adults ages 45-64 from 1993 to 2016.
An Evaluation of the Residential Property Tax Equity in New York City
This report, by Christopher Berry, evaluates property tax regressivity and its causes in New York City.
Introduction: The Politics of the Migrant/Refugee Binary
This article interrogates the categorization and labeling of border crossers, particularly the categories of migrant and refugee as they are used in distinction with one another.
Social Infrastructure (“Third Places”) is Not Distributed Equally Across the U.S.
This data slice shows that third places are not evenly distributed across the U.S.
Tax Housing or Land? Distributional Effects of Property Taxation in Germany
Scientific Americans: Invention, Technology, and National Identity
Bringing together scientific research and popular wonder, Branson charts how everything from mechanical clocks to steam engines informed the creation and expansion of the American nation.
Police Matters: The Everyday State and Caste Politics in South India, 1900–1975
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Tunisia's Modern Woman: Nation-Building and State Feminism in the Global 1960s
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and the Age Pattern of Adult Mortality
"Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and the Age Pattern of Adult Mortality," written by sociologists Andrew London and Scott Landes, was published in Biodemography and Social Biology.
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White COVID-19 Deaths Increased More in Red States Than in Blue States in 2021
While the early months of the pandemic were marked by higher mortality rates among Whites in blue (Democratic governor) states, red states (Republican governor) experienced larger increases in 2021.
Fiscal Incidence of the Property Tax
Material Hardship and the Living Arrangements of Older Adults
“Material Hardship and the Living Arrangements of Older Adults,” written by Colleen Heflin and Hannah Patnaik, was published in the Journal of Family and Economic Issues.
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Mental Health After Injury: How Neighborhoods Impact Recovery
This brief examines several aspects of neighborhood context and their relationship to PTSD symptom severity following an injury.
The Institutional Grammar in Policy Process Research