When catastrophic floods, fires, and hurricanes upend communities, the path of destruction they take may be random but the pain and suffering they cause is not.

The Franz Boas Distinguished Achievement Award honors members of the Association for exemplary contributions to human biology in science, scholarship, and other professional service.

The nation’s problem is still there, and appeasing Maduro will not stem the flow of migrants, two experts write.

Here’s how to find the money to pay for it

Steve turns to Stelios Michalopoulos for insights into the sources of meaning, happiness, and hardship in the lives of everyday Americans.

The Trump administration’s Dear Colleague letter railed against colleges’ racial diversity initiatives. How did testing policies wind up in the mix?

We hear a lot about climate migration—the idea that people will have to move as climate change makes some places unlivable. But is this something we’re still waiting for, or is it already happening?

Economist Jesse Bruhn utilizes statistical methodologies to investigate how high-profile incidents of police brutality impact a community’s willingness to report incidents and cooperate with police departments.

“Girls, women, families, society, and the economy all pay a price for the gaps in knowledge about women’s health,” a new report says.

Personal Perspective: Boycotts illustrate themes of behavioral economics.

A new study enters the debate over urban areas’ economic effects.

Excluding undocumented immigrants from public schools today looks a lot like a racial removal program disguised as one based on immigration status.

Daniel Jordan Smith Shares his Thoughts on the Relationship Between Anthropology and Demography

More workers than ever before are caring for aging parents during the peak of their own careers. But most workplaces have not kept up with the challenges that employees are facing as the American workforce is getting older, people are living longer, and the costs of eldercare are skyrocketing.

One important job of the federal government is to distribute billions of dollars to address the impacts of climate and other disasters. This function will be even more important with new executive orders that promote fossil fuels and end policies that reduce heat trapping emissions to limit the impacts of climate change.

Though salaries vary widely across districts and experience levels, salaries for young teachers tend to be particularly low, meaning that even highly educated people — with considerable subject knowledge and, often, sizable student loans — have to spend years working their way up the pay scale.

Benefits of agglomeration are “surprisingly little”, NBER paper argues.

In 1962, Anthony Downs wrote that there is a Fundamental Law of Highway Congestion: no matter how much road is built, the highway will end up congested again. In decades since then, the United States has undergone a massive experiment in expanding most major roads, leading to an additional conclusion: there is a Fundamental Law of Traffic Congestion impacting both highways and major roads.

Following last minute meetings with key negotiating countries, COP29 wrapped up 35 hours overtime, with an agreed climate finance target of US$300 billion annually by 2035.

Over a two-day period this fall, more than 70 thought leaders and practitioners from around the world gathered to discuss actionable research approaches to study the human-nature relationship.

When it comes to time in school, both quantity and quality matter. Looking across 74 studies with causal research designs, we see a compelling body of evidence that increasing total school time leads to gains in academic achievement, on average.

Sociologist Margot Jackson and Psychologist Taryn Morrissey examine the effects of state-level public spending on programs targeting children.

This year's economics Nobel prize winners have much to say about November 5.

Professors Jessaca Leinaweaver and Susan Short visited the United Nations on October 29th—the UN's International Day of Care and Support—where Dr. Short participated in a panel launching the Global Report on Children’s Care and Protection, led by SOS Children’s Villages.