
Opinion
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
1 week ago
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
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
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
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
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