By Peace News
Conservation has become a tool for “green grabbing”: The taking of community land in the name of environmental protection while opening space for tourism, hunting, and investment interests.
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By Aaron Coy Moulton, Associate Professor of Latin American History, Stephen F. Austin State University
A State Department report on this alleged problem is new, but its claims about alleged communist machinations being behind activist movements in the US are old.
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By Murugan Anandarajan, Professor of Decision Sciences and Management Information Systems, Drexel University
Stacy Kline, Learning Clinical Professor of Accounting, Drexel University
Amid the rise of AI, researchers found that employers still value skills like communication, professionalism and teamwork among prospective and new employees.
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By C. Michael White, Distinguished Professor of Pharmacy Practice, University of Connecticut
On top of the risks of injecting untested and potentially contaminated products, user error may make this runaway wellness fad even more dangerous.
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By Jessica D. Ayers, Assistant Professor of Psychological Science, Boise State University
Diego Guevara Beltran, Assistant Professor of Social Psychology, University of Arizona
Friendships are integral to human health and well being, yet researchers know very little about how people make friends. A new study investigated what people prioritize for new friendships.
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By H. Christopher Frey, Professor of Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University
A new White House science strategy, laid out in a report titled Science: A New Golden Age, challenges an 80-year-old model that made the US the global scientific leader.
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By Jen Cole Wright, Professor of Psychology, College of Charleston
In 2026 – up until July – Elon Musk’s estimated wealth was growing by somewhere between US$30 million and $100 million an hour, making him, at least briefly, the worlds’ first trillionaire. By comparison, the typical American worker earns between $23 and $56 an hour.
While Musk’s wealth, even in the face of recent losses, is extreme, dramatic disparities have become commonplace. As of 2026, America had
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By Jacob Lederman, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan Flint
For many gig workers, app-based work is no longer just about extra cash but economic need, a new survey finds.
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By Enid A. Moreira, Doctoral Student of Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology, Florida International University
Daniel M. Bagner, Professor of Psychology and Director of Clinical Training, Florida International University
Shayl Griffith, Associate Professor, Department of Counselling, Recreation, and School Psychology and the FIU Center for Children and Families, Florida International University
Most research on kids’ screen time has focused on a child’s behavior. Far less attention has gone to parents and their role in their children’s media use.
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By Jake Phillips, Associate professor, University of Cambridge
The UK’s prime minister, Andy Burnham, is facing his first major test with the public over the upcoming early release of thousands of prisoners. These plans are part of the Sentencing Act 2026, passed by Keir Starmer’s government in response to an independent review of sentencing.
The review recommended a model…
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