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The Price Is Not Right: Grocery Taxation, Race, and Food Security During COVID-19
(2023-05-12)
Using recent data from a national sample of 2.8 million households surveyed by the Household Pulse Survey (HPS) (U.S. Census Bureau 2022), this research examines the relationships across food insecurity, grocery taxes, and ...
What is guiding the health information-seeking behaviors of right-leaning Christians regarding the COVID-19 vaccines?
(2023-08-04)
Research has shown that politics influence Americans’ religious identities (Christian, atheist, etc.) and behaviors (church attendance). However, the research on how right-leaning Christians view the Covid-19 vaccines (and ...
Two Europe(s)? attitudes towards immigrants across eastern and western Europe
(2023-05-12)
Considering recent immigration trends as well as crises of war which have displaced large numbers of people and led to high rates of migration into and within Europe, understanding how anti-immigrant sentiments develop and ...
Sex Work, Race, and Bias: Exploring Police Violence and Misconduct Against Transgender People in the United States
(2023-05-12)
Transgender people face widespread abuse and violence from the criminal justice system in the United States, and sociological research has paid more attention to this issue in recent years. Still, there is little research ...
Transgender Realities: The Relationship Between Transgender Visibility, Race, and Victimization
(2023-05-12)
For years, gender scholars and activists have agreed that transgender individuals in the United States face overwhelming systemic oppression as well as high rates of violence and victimization. However, few studies have ...
Losing My Political Motivation: Trends in Voting and Protesting Expectations of U.S. High School Seniors
(2023-05-12)
The purpose of this descriptive study is to analyze trends in the political engagement plans of high school seniors from 1976 to 2019. Using the Monitoring the Future dataset, I address the following research questions: ...
Big Brother in Blue: The Prying Eyes of the Police Surveillance State and Perceptions Shaped by Violent Crime Victimization
(2023-08-04)
Police surveillance technologies have become increasingly prevalent in contemporary Western society, raising public concerns about privacy and the illegitimate police use of such surveillance. Still, there is little existing ...
The Religious Restructuring of the Politics of Education: Exploring Stalled Support for Education Spending, 1973-2018
(2023-05-12)
Recent research on Americans’ attitudes toward public education focuses on controversial legislation surrounding curriculum, increasing teacher compensation, and changing priorities of political parties. However, the ...