April 16 (UPI) --Social scientists have traditionally viewed homophily and network-based job recruitment as major drivers of segregation, but new research suggests a previously overlooked phenomenon ...

Objective. Prior research assessing the association between structured inequality and homicides has produced inconsistent findings, particularly in regard to establishing an association between ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

In 1968, the United States launched Apollo 8, the first manned spacecraft to orbit the moon and return safely. In that same year but with much less publicity, Tacoma Public Schools launched the nation ...

Racial inequality in the US is perpetuated in part by continued neighborhood segregation. Historically, people of color have been more likely to live in high-poverty neighborhoods, with limited access ...

Sometimes it’s hard to believe we’re living in the 21 st century. Thanks to a tide of distorted “brain-based” education, some 750 public schools around the United States have been segregating boys and ...

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