Racial inequality is a foundational feature of the criminal justice system in the United States.
Here we offer a psychological account for how Americans have come to tolerate a system …

Adolescenceâ€" beginning with the onset of puberty and ending in the mid-20sâ€" is a
critical period of development during which key areas of the brain mature and develop …

This is an open access book. This book offers the first overview of the 'wicked problems'
literature, often seen as complex, open-ended, and intractable, with both the nature of the …

# 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER• The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Evicted
reimagines the debate on poverty, making a “provocative and compelling”(NPR) argument …

As national political fights are waged at the state level, democracy itself pays the price Over
the past generation, the Democratic and Republican parties have each become nationally …

This article examines the intersection of two structural developments: the growth of
surveillance and the rise of “big data.” Drawing on observations and interviews conducted …

Human societies have always been deeply interconnected with our ecosystems, but today
those relationships are witnessing greater frictions, tensions, and harms than ever before …

The US prison population stands at 1.43 million persons, with an additional 740,000
persons in local jails. Nearly all will eventually return to society. This review examines the …

Executive summary This report by the Lancet Commission on Public Policy and Health in the
Trump Era assesses the repercussions of President Donald Trump's health-related policies …

Machine learning algorithms pervade contemporary society. They are integral to social
institutions, inform processes of governance, and animate the mundane technologies of …