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Are men with penis size insecurities more likely to own a gun? US sociologists investigate!

In the United States, a country infamous for its gun culture, there's a prevalent belief among some…

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The US is still on the path to becoming a 'fascist country': sociologist

"I don't think this fight over elemental democracy is over, by any means," Frances Fox Piven said, …

Cheryl Teh   


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I'm a sociologist who studies how police use data. Relying on algorithms can further bias and inequality — but it doesn't have to be that way.

"Police and reformers and abolitionists are all capable of presenting the same data in starkly diff…

Sarah Brayne   


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Bank of America's CTO explains how to pull the plug and says he's more of a "sociologist and psychologist" when it comes to shutting down old tech

And even when an end date for a technology system is set, there's still likely to be friction. Tout…

Dan DeFrancesco   


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Tinder's sociologist reveals one big mistake people make in their profile photos

Carbino gave another example of how thin slicing works: We often assume that men with softer jawlin…

Shana Lebowitz   


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What is Christian nationalism? The belief gaining ground in the GOP that says the US is and should always be a Christian nation

Critics say Christian nationalism runs counter to American and Christian values as the concept is i…

Kelsey Vlamis   


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The US economy has been 'more than fine' without your student debt

Student-loan borrowers risk resuming payments this year without debt relief. Some experts told Insi…

Ayelet Sheffey   


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Why the gender gap in economics is even larger than in STEM

Women face misogyny and sexism at a high rate in economics but it's rarely publicly called out, say…

Veronika Dolar   


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What it's really like aboard a US Navy destroyer on a record-breaking, 215-day deployment at sea

Returning from nine months at sea amid a pandemic "might be a little bit like coming back from bein…

Courtney Mabeus   


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A sociology professor said she used to invoke China as a prime example of reproductive coercion. Now she uses the US.

China's one-child policy made the country the "absolute prime example of reproductive coercion," sa…

Yelena Dzhanova   


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US birth rates just plummeted to their lowest since the baby boom era

Despite being cooped up indoors, people haven't been busy making babies during the coronavirus pand…

Julia Naftulin   


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Companies still aren't hiring Black men, despite 10.6 million open jobs in the US. It's costing the economy $50 billion.

If the nearly 700,000 Black men looking for jobs got a paycheck, billions more dollars would be in …

Jason Lalljee   


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A housing crisis in China would look nothing like what's happening in the US — it could wipe out entire families instead of one generation

Evergrande's debt woes have put China's enormous housing market — which accounts for 29% of the cou…

Lina Batarags   


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Remember the word 'tomboy'? Here's how cultural forces and norms are finally helping us shed the outdated term

A new book examines the rise and fall of a "useless" way of describing athletic, adventurous women.

Lisa Selin Davis   


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A 'grief tsunami' is headed towards the US as the coronavirus death toll grows. Healing will be a complex process.

An estimated 4.73 million people will experience the death of a parent due to the coronavirus pande…

Julia Naftulin,Dave Mosher   


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Here's how the Silicon Valley dream of universal basic income slowly — then suddenly — became a solution for inequality in the US and abroad

Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang's UBI was a part of pandemic relief, and he's …

Marguerite Ward,Drake Baer   


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Japan's demographic time bomb is a bad omen for the US

A tightening set of immigration policies could change that approach, however, and to great detrimen…

Chris Weller   


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The first major basic income trial in the US just announced how it plans to give away free money

The city's basic income pilot is fully funded by private donations, not tax dollars, according to a…

Peter Kotecki   


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The 15 US cities where it's easiest to find a date

Tinder's in-house sociologist, Jess Carbino, told us that the most active cities don't top the rank…

Shana Lebowitz   


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After building their careers, successful women across the US are spending thousands on coaches to help them conquer the next challenge: dating

Another, 50-something coaching client who declined to share her name because she'd told very few pe…

Shana Lebowitz