Racism

Celebrated sociologist Alondra Nelson and genome leader Francis Collins will temporarily split Lander’s duties

Building a positive research environment requires intention, support and a belief that kindness isn’t weakness

We must reckon with his and other scientists’ racist ideas if we want an equitable future

The election of Glenn Youngkin and other anti-CRT candidates demonstrates how exploiting white fear continues to galvanize voters

More oversight of dealers and investment in impoverished communities are key to reducing violence, experts say

Racist ideas of categories for human identity continue to warp research and medicine

Mathematicians want to think their field is a meritocracy, but bias, harassment and exclusion persist

A conversation with Charlotte Owens explores providing opportunities and giving back

After three years and five seasons on the air, Key & Peele aired its final episode last week. With its departure, we've lost a great source of pop culture education about social psychology

This weekend marked the opening of X-Men: Days of Future Past, the latest installment in the wildly successful X-Men movie franchise. For those who are unfamiliar with the X-Men series, the stories revolve around groups of ‘mutants,’ super-powered beings who supposedly represent the next stage in human evolution and whose powers run the gamut from [...]

I’m back at the BPS Research Digest today, with my second of three guest posts this week on recent social psychological research. My second post is on a recent paper published by P.J.

Guest post by Michelle Munyikwa I am currently still reveling in Black History Month. Yes, it is no longer February. But I hope to retain that mindfulness, grasping onto this moment each year that forces us to pay attention to the stories of black peoples across America and draws into stark relief how histories have [...]