The Role of State Policies and Discrimination in Reducing the Chances of African Americans Receiving Unemployment Insurance

The very term ‘Dissenter’ became problematic in the United States, following the passing of the First Amendment. The formal separation of Church and state embodied in the First Amendment was followed by the ending of state-level tax support for churches. None of the states established after 1792 had formal religious establishments. Baptists, Congregationalists, Presbyterians, and Methodists accounted for the majority of the American population both at the beginning and end of this period, but this simple fact masks an important compositional shift. While the denominations of Old Dissent declined relatively, Methodism grew quickly, representing a third of the population by 1850. Dissenters thus faced several different challenges. Primary among these were how to understand the idea of ‘denomination’ and also the more general role of institutional religion in a post-establishment society. Concerns about missions, and the positions of women and African Americans are best understood within this context.

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Racial Discrimination Predicts Mental Health Outcomes Beyond the Role of Personality Traits in a Community Sample of African Americans

Clinical Psychological Science ◽

10.1177/2167702620957318 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 216770262095731

Author(s):

Yara Mekawi ◽

Courtland S. Hyatt ◽

Jessica Maples-Keller ◽

Sierra Carter ◽

Vasiliki Michopoulos ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

African Americans ◽

Health Outcomes ◽

Personality Traits ◽

Posttraumatic Stress ◽

Racial Discrimination ◽

Community Sample ◽

Mental Health Outcomes ◽

Hierarchical Regression

Despite a consistent body of work documenting associations between racial discrimination and negative mental health outcomes, the utility and validity of these findings have recently been questioned because some authors have posited that personality traits may account for these associations. To test this hypothesis in a community sample of African Americans ( n = 419, age: M = 43.96 years), we used bivariate relations and hierarchical regression analyses to determine whether racial discrimination accounted for additional variance in depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress symptoms beyond the role of personality. Bivariate relations between personality traits and racial discrimination were small and positive (i.e., rs ≈ .10). Regression results demonstrated that racial discrimination accounted for variance in depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress independent of personality traits ( ps < .01). These results suggest that personality traits do not fully explain associations between racial discrimination and negative mental health outcomes, further supporting the detrimental impact of racial discrimination on the mental health of African Americans.

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June Bacon-Bercey: Pioneering Meteorologist and Passionate Supporter of Science

Eos ◽

10.1029/2020eo140183 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 101 ◽

Author(s):

Katherine Kornei

Keyword(s):

African Americans ◽

Atmospheric Science

Bacon-Bercey redefined the role of the television meteorologist, blazing trails for African Americans and endowing an AGU scholarship for women studying atmospheric science.

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Awareness of the Historical Role of the Church and Change in Self-Esteem among Older African Americans

Applied Psychology Health and Well-Being ◽

10.1111/j.1758-0854.2012.01072.x ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 240-260 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Neal Krause ◽

R. David Hayward

Keyword(s):

African Americans ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Older African Americans ◽

Historical Role ◽

The Church

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The Role of State Policy in Renewable Energy Development

ASME 2009 3rd International Conference on Energy Sustainability, Volume 1 ◽

10.1115/es2009-90089 ◽

2009 ◽

Author(s):

Elizabeth Brown Doris ◽

Sarah Busche ◽

Stephen Hockett ◽

Joyce McLaren Loring

Keyword(s):

Renewable Energy ◽

State Policy ◽

Policy Design ◽

Cost Benefit ◽

State Level ◽

State Policies ◽

Energy Development ◽

Renewable Energy Development ◽

The Impact

State policies can support renewable energy development by driving markets, providing certainty in the investment market, and incorporating the external benefits of the technologies into cost/benefit calculations. Using statistical analyses and policy design best practices, this paper quantifies the impact of state-level policies on renewable energy development in order to better understand the role of policy on development and inform policy makers on the policy mechanisms that provide maximum benefit. The results include the identification of connections between state policies and renewable energy development, as well as a discussion placing state policy efforts in context with other factors that influence the development of renewable energy (e.g. federal policy, resource availability, technology cost, public acceptance).

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