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Sociology

For rent sign on a building's front garden
Economics and race
The boomerang generation
Published May 7, 2018
The economy kept black and white young adults from leaving the nest, but for two very different reasons, study finds
Andrew Cherlin
The Known World
Who is the working class?
Published Spring 2018
In this debut episode, The Known World podcast dives into issues facing the American working class / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Two people in the foreground cover their faces with scarves while protesters behind them burn papers in an open fire
Global affairs
Why thousands are protesting in Iran
Published Jan 4, 2018
Experts Vali Nasr, Ryan Calder discuss the economic causes of and political fallout from Iran's demonstrations
Childhood development
Products of their environments
Published Nov 9, 2017
A neighborhood's quality has a lasting effect on a child's behavior, Bloomberg School researchers find
A man shifts rocks around while two partially harvest agave plants, trimmed of their spiky leaves, rest on the ground
Liquid culture
Published Fall 2017
Writer Granville Greene makes the case for knowing more about the people who made your mezcal / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Line of voting booths at City Hall in Hermosa Beach, California
Politics
Flight of the working class
Published Aug 1, 2017
Study: Shift away from Democratic Party affiliation among blue-collar voters set stage for Trump's victory
High-rise apartment building against a bright blue sky
Study: Black, white kids fare equally in public housing
Published May 8, 2017
Racial disparities in school, jobs, earnings for those who grow up in subsidized housing have largely vanished, but a troubling difference in neighborhood quality remains
Four panelists sit at a table
Hearing their voices
New approaches for reaching Baltimore's youth
Published April 21, 2017
JHU's 21st Century Cities Initiative releases report based on conversations with young people in the wake of the death of Freddie Gray in 2015
Who eats when food is scarce?
Published Feb 13, 2017
Analysis of food deprivation in three cities shows teens in poor families often go hungry before young children
Public policy
Public housing and child well-being
Published Nov 29, 2016
Subsidized housing appears to boost high-performing kids but have opposite effect on those with low test scores, behavioral issues