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Fielding candidates in unfavorable districts might seem like a waste of precious resources to a party—and most of the time, it is—but it's also a responsibility.

• By Seth Masket

Crimes targeting black and transgender Americans persist, but they are under-reported and under-recorded.

• By Lauren Kirchner

Having a decent number of staffers available gives state legislators a better ability to make competent, independent decisions and to resist the influence of other actors.

• By Seth Masket

An experiment suggests that some measure of selfishness is the default, and being fair takes self-control and mental effort.

• By Nathan Collins

The urban environment functions as more than just a setting. It also gives meaning to demonstrations, like the one happening in Paris.

• By Wes Judd

Mistrust and resentment may make arrestees more violent once they’re in prison.

• By Lauren Kirchner

Getting into the United States is harder for Latin American immigrants, a new study finds.

• By Wes Judd

The recent Colorado race raises questions about how Bannock Street Project tactics could hold up in future contests.

• By Seth Masket

Buying a cheap car for your kid can have dangerous repercussions.

• By Max Ufberg

Research shows that we're pretty bad at following through.

• By Max Ufberg

According to a study released in November, body cameras can help drastically reduce levels of violence by—and against—cops.

• By Max Ufberg

The quest to localize fresh food is as much an anti-big-ag endeavor as it is an anti-regulatory one.

• By James McWilliams

This whole Sony hack should teach us, above all else, a lesson on password security.

• By Max Ufberg

But almost none of them actually use apps to help manage their diabetes.

• By Bettina Chang

American cities often try to mimic their more economically successful counterparts. A new study suggests that it's time to stop.

• By Max Ufberg

Is there something to the idea that a politician who no longer faces re-election is free to pursue new policy solutions without needing to kowtow to special interests?

• By Seth Masket

A new study shows that texting while driving becomes even more dangerous with age.

• By Max Ufberg

But all that solo Call of Duty has.

• By Paul Bisceglio

New research says offices that encourage talk of religion actually make for happier workplaces.

• By Max Ufberg

Vanderbilt University’s Jonathan Metzl and Kenneth MacLeish address our anxieties and correct our assumptions.

• By Lauren Kirchner

Bootleg cigarette sales could be leading Canadian teens to more serious drugs, a recent study finds.

• By Max Ufberg

This was the year the job broke, the year we accepted a re-interpretation of its fundamental bargain and bought in to the push to get us to all work for ourselves rather than each other.

• By Kyle Chayka

That old myth of home field bias isn’t a myth at all; it’s a statistical fact.

• By Max Ufberg

And this is the most exciting part.

• By Seth Masket