State laws determine alternative voting options and play a role in U.S. voter turnout as a result. Studies of voter turnout focus on voter registration, access, and mobilization factors aggregated at the national level. ...

Existing research on the rise of trade protectionism during the Trump administration to recover the trade deficit and improve the unemployment rate suggests that high tariffs have protected countries’ national economies. ...

Pretrial detention policies in the United States contribute to hundreds of thousands of unconvicted people being held in jail on any given day, either because they cannot afford bail or have been denied bail based on a ...

Current research shows an unclear picture of the impact predictive policing has on decreasing crime rates. Surging police officers to high-crime “hot spots” does lead to some deterrence; however, the practice is unsustainable ...

The Medicaid expansion has impacted several areas within the United States healthcare system including infant mortality rate. This research revisits racial disparities in infant mortality rate that were previously analyzed ...

Existing research on public attitudes toward immigration policy in the United States is divided. Lack of contact with immigrants and threat perception are two popular determinants that allegedly explain restrictionist ...

Existing research on American poverty largely focuses on the national average experience of poverty, offering sweeping conclusions. This article describes regional differences in poverty outcomes, challenging the notion ...

While a significant body of research exists regarding public attitudes toward the transgender community, little has been conducted specifically concerning views on transgender military service. Existing scholarship suggests ...

In recent years local health departments have worked to address the impacts of food insecurity through environment-based food intervention programs. Program evaluations on intervention effectiveness typically focus on the ...