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Politics+Society

Millennial marriage
Waiting to wed
Published June 4, 2018
Millennials are waiting longer than previous generations to marry and have children—creating what a Hopkins sociologist calls a 'capstone marriage' / The New York Times
Gun policy
Purchase permits tied to fewer deaths
Published June 1, 2018
Laws provide for more thorough background checks conducted by law enforcement instead of gun sellers
Human behavior
Deadlines and time management
Published May 31, 2018
Misperceptions of deadlines, urgency can have negative influence on time management and performance, study finds
Serving communities in need
Published May 25, 2018
Emerson Fellow Courtney Colwell will work with outreach program before heading to D.C. to work on social policy
Gun policy
Widespread support for safety proposals
Published May 17, 2018
Gun owners, non-gun owners agree on many policies that restrict or regulate firearms, survey finds
Exhibition
Exploring Homewood's untold history
Published May 16, 2018
Multiyear research project examines the stories of the slaves who lived and worked at the property that would become Johns Hopkins University's Homewood campus
Center for Talented Youth
Meeting of the minds
Published May 8, 2018
Experts in gifted education discuss the groundbreaking research started at Hopkins in the 1960s and continuing in many forms today
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
Community-building
Insights from a prison garden pioneer
Published May 4, 2018
Cathrine Sneed, founder of The Garden Project in San Francisco, discusses the redemptive power of gardening
Race in America
Beyond 'I Have a Dream'
Published April 27, 2018
Friends of Martin Luther King Jr. reflect on his 'Drum Major Instinct' sermon of 1968