November 2025 – Against a backdrop of geopolitical tensions and rising inequalities, world leaders at the Second World Summit for Social Development today adopted the Doha Political Declaration, ...

France had threatened to bar the fast-fashion retailer after an investigation found that sex dolls resembling children were ...

How the U.S. government measures race has changed substantially since censuses began in 1790. Today, Americans differ on whether the government should ask about race.

New Jersey voters are electing their next governor in a race that will reveal whether Democrats still have a grip on a state ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department urged a federal judge Monday to reject James Comey’s claim that his prosecution ...

Political scientist Robert Putnam wants to fix the U.S.

November 2025 - As preparations intensify for the Second World Summit for Social Development, to be held from 4 to 6 November 2025, the Accelerating Social Progress campaign invited people from all ...

"Social scientists can collect data to help policymakers better understand problems in the world," said Alexander Hertel-Fernandez.

One of the recent suggestions is from the Center for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB), a nonpartisan policy analysis and research group. It has proposed that the cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, ...

How to apply effective governance to harness the benefits of A.I. and mitigate its risks ...

Syracuse University Sociology Professor Jennifer K. Montez suggested that disparities in working-age mortality rates across ...

The clock is ticking for four major social safety net programs that keep tens of millions of struggling Americans — including millions of children and senior citizens — fed and warm, as well as ...