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American as Apple Pie

How marketing made guns a fundamental element of contemporary boyhood.
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What Should We Do about Our Aging Prison Population?

Can compassionate release laws solve the problem of the nearly 200,000 people aged 55 and older who are incarcerated in America?
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How Families with Two Dads Raise Their Kids

Research reveals few differences between the parenting of gay men and their straight peers.
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What the White House Needs to Know about Managing “Screen Time”

White House officials, like parents, are learning how limiting screen time can lead to better focus. But what does "screen time" really mean?
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Challenges Beyond the Classroom: Poverty, Race and Educational Achievement

Levels of educational achievement in the U.S. are deeply connected with race & income levels.
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Is Common Core Doomed?

Is there still hope for Common Core Standards? And what will make them effective?
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Scholarly Advice for Potential New Undergrads

Some counterintuitive advice for students.