In recent weeks, the US State Department implemented a policy requiring all university, technical training, or exchange program visa applicants to disclose their social media handles used over the past five years. The policy ...
Social Sciences
Jul 7, 2025
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Every design choice that social media platforms make nudges users toward certain actions, values and emotional states.
Social Sciences
Jul 7, 2025
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In some parts of Russia, schoolgirls who become pregnant are being paid more than 100,000 rubles (nearly £900) for giving birth and raising their babies.
Social Sciences
Jul 7, 2025
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A new study reveals that civil servants, like citizens, do not uniformly recognize and oppose political attacks on liberal democracy. How they view such attacks and respond depends heavily on their social and political affiliation. ...
Political science
Jul 7, 2025
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Eyewitness misidentifications have long been a source of wrongful convictions, casting doubt on the reliability of memory in the courtroom. But UC San Diego psychologist John Wixted says the story doesn't end there. His research ...
Social Sciences
Jul 3, 2025
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On March 25, 2025, a Turkish Ph.D. student at Tufts University, Rümeysa Öztürk, was walking in a Boston suburb when she was detained by plain-clothed federal agents. A video of the encounter went viral, sparking fear and ...
Education
Jul 3, 2025
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A new report from the University of East Anglia has raised concerns about the state of democracy around the world during 2024's "Super Cycle" of elections.
Political science
Jul 3, 2025
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Artificial intelligence may be marketed as society's great equalizer—transforming businesses, streamlining work and making life easier for all—but for many marginalized Americans, AI doesn't feel like a promise.
Social Sciences
Jul 2, 2025
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Something dangerous is happening to the U.S. economy, and it's not inflation or trade wars. Chaotic deregulation and the selective enforcement of laws have upended markets and investor confidence. At one point, the threat ...
Economics & Business
Jul 2, 2025
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Based on pronouncements in 2024, you might think now is the time to see U.S. citizens streaming out of the country. Months before the 2024 presidential election, Americans were saying they would leave should candidate Donald ...
Social Sciences
Jul 2, 2025
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