By Barbara Kates-Garnick, Professor of Practice in Energy Policy, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Both presidents were avid deregulators when it came to environmental rules on industry, but Trump’s efforts to cast doubt on science head in a very different direction.
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By Sam Wineburg, Emeritus Professor of Education, Stanford University
Mike Evans knew something had to change.
As the lead instructor for American Government 1101 at Georgia State University in 2021, Evans had watched his students over the years show up with fewer facts and more conspiracy theories. Gone were the days when students arrived on campus with dim memories of high school civics. Now they came armed with bold, often misleading beliefs…
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By Eric Zillmer, Professor of Neuropsychology, Drexel University
What sport combines the intensity of a high-wire circus act with the strategic thinking of a grand master chess match?
I’d say the sport of squash, for the first time an Olympic sport at the 2028 Los Angeles Games. Squash has its U.S. epicenter in Philadelphia, which is also considered the birthplace of squash in America. The sport…
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By Jeffrey C. Dixon, Professor of Sociology, College of the Holy Cross
How will AI affect American workers? There are two major narratives floating around. The “techno-optimist” view is that AI will free humans from boring tasks and create new jobs, while the “techno-pessimist” view is that AI will lead to widespread unemployment.
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By Art Jipson, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Dayton
Small local organizations called Active Clubs have spread widely across the U.S. and internationally, using fitness as a cover for a much more alarming mission. These groups are a new and harder-to-detect form of white supremacist organizing that merges extremist ideology with fitness and combat sports culture.
Active Clubs frame themselves as innocuous workout groups on digital platforms and decentralized networks…
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By Matt Polacko, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Political Science, University of Toronto
Canada’s recent federal election was the first in many years where the economy and pocketbook issues were key issues, which likely played a role in the uptick in voter turnout.
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By Marta-Marika Urbanik, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Alberta
Carolyn Greene, Assistant Professor, Public Safety, Wilfrid Laurier University
Katharina Maier, Associate professor, Criminal Justice, University of Winnipeg
Matthew Valasik, Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Alabama
Fentanyl dealers expanding into new markets across Canada are devastating smaller cities like Thunder Bay, fuelling violence and worsening the homelessness crisis.
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By Pierre Rochette, Emeritus professor in geophysics, Aix-Marseille Université (AMU)
Lake Iro was recently photographed from space as it looked like a sunglint, but there is more to the lake that makes it unique.
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By Roula Inglesi-Lotz, Professor of Economics, University of Pretoria
Jessika Bohlmann, Research Specialist, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria
South Africa’s new climate targets cut emissions only modestly by 2035; a cautious path risks missing green investment, even though deeper cuts are within reach.
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By Tinuade Adekunbi Ojo, Associate Professor, University of Johannesburg
The G20 presidency could champion affordable internet for women, innovation hubs for women entrepreneurs and subsidies for tech companies to hire more women.
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