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Actually unblocked by Trump, as DOJ appeals ruling
We’re unblocked — but a lot of other people aren’t — while Trump appeals.
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More marriage promotion failure evidence
Maybe Brad Wilcox didn’t want you to follow the links. Here’s why.
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Fertility trends explained, 2017 edition
2017 was a big year for fertility decline, at all but the highest ages, the economy is probably about to tank, and the U.S. fertility rate is still relatively high for our income level.
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I wrote an essay for Cato Unbound, "The Failure of the Success Sequence."
https://www.cato-unbound.org/…/phi…/failure-success-sequence

The Failure of the Success Sequence
Philip N. Cohen says that marriage is the weak link in the success sequence.
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One way to visualize change in the most popular names, 2007-2017

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Breaking: In 2017 names, Donald, Alexa, and Mary plummet; Malia booms
Mary is back on the skids; Donald is going down, Alexa is over, and Malia shows that the resilience of humanity is not. Here are the details.
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Who are you gonna marry? That one big assumption marriage promotion gets totally wrong
Economically, the next marriage they (say they will) get from “marriage promotion” won’t be as good as the average real marriage.
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Theology majors marry each other a lot, but business majors don’t (and other tales of BAs and marriage)
The American Community Survey collects data on the college majors of people who’ve graduated college. This excellent data has lots of untapped potential for family research, because it tells …
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Unequal marriage markets for Black and White women
We count this as evidence on the side of “structure” over “culture” in the debates over the decline in marriage.
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Let’s improve the ASA /Sage journal author agreement
I have spoken well of the policy that permits authors to post preprint versions of their papers before submitting them to journals of the American Sociological Association. That means you can get y…
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Review essay: Public engagement and the influence imperative
Move beyond personal strategies toward the development of the open scholarship as an institutional response that ultimately may be responsible for sociology’s survival.
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How I engaged my way to excellent research success and you can too
Too often sociologists think of social media, or online communications generally, primarily as a way of broadcasting their ideas.
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Very nice review of Enduring Bonds, from Bella DePaulo http://www.unmarried.org/featu…/less-marriage-more-equality/

Less Marriage, More Equality? — Unmarried Equality
“The decline in marriage – people spending a smaller portion of their lives married, on average – is part of a larger global transition toward gender equality.”
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