Experiment with working poor in India finds no impact from more night sleep, though naps help; rest quality may be key.

Results suggest people of all races and political affiliations can be influenced with accurate and clear information conveyed by trusted experts, such as physicians.

Study brings new data to a longstanding question, with findings policymakers can apply.

Dissecting the process of recruitment, MIT political science PhD candidate Gabriel Nahmias seeks to lower the barriers to political engagement.

Black women are more vulnerable than white men, illustrating how race and gender intersect to shape health outcomes.

While a national soccer win can stoke anti-refugee sentiment, messaging promoting diversity can reverse this effect.

Social media users share charts and graphs — often with the same underlying data — to advocate opposing approaches to the pandemic.

Research is part of a $25 million effort to generate evidence on the real-world effectiveness of policies and programs at the intersection of poverty and climate change.

Political science graduate student Aidan Milliff finds differences in how people in similar situations respond to threats of violence.

Improved public health messaging to Black, Latinx, and other communities disproportionately impacted by the pandemic can increase Covid-19 knowledge and information-seeking.