In his new book, sociologist Tomás Jiménez turns the conventional analysis of assimilation on its head and dissects the phenomenon from the perspective of Silicon Valley’s established population.
Students enrolled in Ending Poverty with Technology explored answers to the question: Can we harness new technologies to reduce poverty and inequality?
Stanford’s Center on Poverty and Inequality’s annual “State of the Union” report found profound and persisting inequalities in the United States in areas like employment, health and housing.
A group of Stanford experts are encouraging more researchers who study social interaction to conduct studies that examine online environments and use big data.
The Lane Center hosted the 5th Annual Eccles Family Rural West Conference gathering innovative leaders to tackle economic, social, health and environmental issues.
The key to bridging the broad ideological division in the United States is for both sides to work on understanding the core values that the other holds dear.
When Girl Scouts participated in energy-saving education programs, they improved their energy-use behaviors and influenced their families to do so as well.
Scientists have found that while individuals exhibit increasing preferences for those with similar traits in deciding whom to marry, there are not similar changes in how genetics are associated within spousal pairs.
