Modern-day gender ratios are linked to countries’ agricultural roots
Sebastian Edwards brings to life a widely forgotten chapter of U.S. history starring FDR, his no-name economist and the demise of the gold standard
The link between environmental stability and cultural change explains why cultures evolve
Smartphone data reveals that wait times at the polls are much longer for black people
Claiming victimhood of a different sort — say, concerning free speech — seen as more effective in silencing criticism
History’s Encyclopédie subscribers are matched to grievances against the monarchy
Europe’s Great Migration to North America, 1850-1920, offers lessons for today’s immigration patterns
In pre-World War II Germany, sports clubs became a vehicle to spread Nazism
Taste of democracy engenders the opposite of cynicism
A new way to classify individuals delivers insights on social divisions and the culture war
Immigrants show saving tendencies that carry through several generations
The benefit to students increases over time
Post-World War II Poland provides a unique setting to study mobility and success
Whether research shows benefits from diversity depends heavily on choice of study design
Leaders of a failed 1848 revolt are followed to towns across the U.S.