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Opinion

Protected time for new families could pay health dividends later. (Jacob Lund/Shutterstock)
Health

Paid family leave is an investment in public health, not a handout

How does the stress of a rapid return to work affect parents, and in turn, cost society as a whole?

22 hours ago

Then- Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt, shown at a campaign rally in Springfield, Mass., in October. (Michael Dwyer/AP Photo, file)
National Interest
Politics & Policy
National Interest

Three big reasons why Bernie Sanders 2.0 is probably toast

There's a hunger to turn the page and leave the past behind.

1 day ago

Pope Francis sits during the traditional greetings to the Roman Curia at the Vatican in December 2018. (Filippo Monteforte/Pool Photo via AP)
Community
The Conversation

Why the pope’s upcoming summit needs to do a full accounting of the cover-up of sexual abuse

Recent statements by leading bishops and the pope suggest that church officials are not ready to take what I believe is an essential step in ending the scandal.

2 days ago

President Donald Trump turns back to the audience after speaking during an event in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, to declare a national emergency in order to build a wall along the southern border. (Susan Walsh/AP Photo)
National Interest
Politics & Policy

A national emergency: Fealty to Trump or the Constitution?

We will soon learn whether he has fatally infuriated the Fellowship of the Furrowed Brow.

3 days ago

Early starts are key to developing children’s talents, experts say. (Eugene Partyzan/ Shutterstock)
Community
The Conversation

5 ways to develop children’s talents

Talent, I argue, is not born, it’s made – and parents can make a big difference.

4 days ago

What does your phone know about you? (Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock.com)
Community
The Conversation

Most Americans don’t realize what companies can predict from their data

In the U.S., the companies and platforms you interact with own the data they collect about you. This means they can legally sell this information to data brokers.

5 days ago

Local newspapers keep readers’ interest on local politics. (Shutterstock/Bridget McPherson)
Politics & Policy

When newspapers close, voters become more partisan

At a time when national political news is inescapable, there is less local news to be found – and less interest in local politics from Americans.

1 week ago

Black Americans were most affected by the 2009 recession. (Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters)
Money
The Conversation

African-Americans’ economic setbacks from the Great Recession are ongoing – and could be repeated

Even today, a decade since the Great Recession hit, blacks still haven’t fully recovered and remain in a precarious financial condition.

1 week ago

In this file photo, then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump holds up his book 'The Art of the Deal', given to him by a fan as he speaks during a campaign stop Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015 in Birmingham, Ala. (Eric Schultz/AP Photo)
National Interest
Politics & Policy

The art of the schlemiel

There's a Yiddish saying that "a schlemiel is somebody who often spills his soup." Which brings us to Donald Trump.

1 week ago

There is a fundamental mismatch between what sexual assault survivors disclose and what legal systems need to hear to take action. (Shutterstock)
Courts & Law
The Conversation

Latest allegations of sexual assault show how the legal system discourage victims from coming forward

There is a fundamental mismatch between what sexual assault survivors disclose and what legal systems need to hear to take action.

1 week ago

Lise Meitner was left off the publication that eventually led to a Nobel Prize for her colleague. (The Conversation)
Science
The Conversation

Lise Meitner – the forgotten woman of nuclear physics who deserved a Nobel Prize

Left off publications due to Nazi prejudice, this Jewish woman lost her rightful place in the scientific pantheon as the discoverer of nuclear fission.

1 week ago

Political propaganda, painted on a street wall, La Habana, Cuba (Lucas Vallecillos/VWPics via AP Images)
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Trump’s fright-wing freakout about ‘socialism’

Did you catch Trump's 2020 campaign message, lodged deep within the State of the Union speech? "Here in the United States, we are alarmed by new calls to adopt socialism."

1 week ago

In 2018, Washington voters rejected a proposed carbon tax. (Ted S. Warren/AP Photo, file)
Politics & Policy
The Conversation

Americans say they’re worried about climate change – so why don’t they vote that way?

According to a survey, “record numbers of Americans say they care about global warming.” But voters do not identify climate issues as key drivers of their voting decisions.

2 weeks ago

A sculpture of an oil pump held by a human hand stands outside the headquarters of Venezuela’s state-owned oil company. (Fernando Llano/AP Photo)
Money
The Conversation

Why Venezuela’s oil money could keep undermining its economy and democracy

As political and economic crises threaten to topple Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro, political scientists like us are not surprised that he has run into trouble.

2 weeks ago

Using blockchain technology can feel like falling and hoping someone will catch you. (Nicoleta Raftu/Shutterstock.com)
Money
The Conversation

People don’t trust blockchain systems – is regulation a way to help?

Blockchain technology isn’t as widely used as it could be, largely because blockchain users don’t trust each other, as research shows.

2 weeks ago

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