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The American Academy of Political and Social Science (AAPSS), one of the nation’s oldest and most esteemed learned societies, has elected five distinguished scholars and practitioners as 2016 [...]

The AAPSS and the Annie E. Casey Foundation are pleased to be co-sponsoring a forum on family policy and child well-being featuring some of the nation's leading experts.

The Amermass-incarceration-briefing.480.309.sican Academy of Political and Social Science and The Scholars Strategy Network, in cooperation with the Honorable Robert C. "Bobby" Scott and the [...]

The American Academy of Political and Social Science has inducted six eminent scholars as 2014 Fellows of the Academy.

Demographers are far off at the inductive end of the social sciences. I like to think that what we do is close to the Chinese injunction “learn truth from facts.”

I am deeply honored to be the first recipient of the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Prize, and delighted to be here this evening in the company of all these distinguished scholars, to have Elizabeth and [...]

Research published in this month’s issue of the journal Obesity offers strong evidence of yet one more piece of the puzzle of childhood overweight: too little sleep.

Technology has been a target, rather than an ally, in the battle against childhood obesity. Parents are advised to keep television sets out of their children’s bedroom, turn the TV off during [...]

When it comes to causes for the rise in childhood obesity, there have been many possible culprits: increasing portion sizes, the easy availability of high fat, nutrient poor foods, and fewer [...]