People with extreme political views that favor authoritarianism—whether they are on the far left or the far right—have surprisingly similar behaviors and psychological characteristics, a new study finds.
Social Sciences
Sep 10, 2021
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Almost nine out of 10 voters who supported Donald Trump for US President believe that America's values, traditions and future economic prosperity are under threat—double the number of Kamala Harris supporters.
Political science
Nov 11, 2024
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Prime Minister Keir Starmer recently boarded one of the UK's four nuclear-armed submarines for a photo call as part of his attempts to demonstrate the UK's defense capabilities as tensions with Russia continue.
Political science
Mar 28, 2025
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Debate continues to swirl nationally on the fate of a practice born of an 86-year-old federal statute allowing companies to pay workers with disabilities subminimum wages: anything below the federal minimum wage of $7.25 ...
Economics & Business
Nov 15, 2024
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1141
There is an urgent need for the UK and allies like the U.S. and Australia to give clearer information about how they would respond in self-defense to "imminent" armed attacks, a new study says.
Political science
Jul 13, 2022
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Between 2008 and 2010, polarization in society increased dramatically alongside a significant shift in social behavior: the number of close social contacts rose from an average of two to four or five people. The connection ...
Social Sciences
Oct 27, 2025
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When reading news and analyses of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, researchers in Spain perceived many conflicting messages being transmitted. The most notable one is the theory of "two Ukraines" or the existence of ideologically ...
Mathematics
May 24, 2022
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1021
From Brazil to the Philippines, secretive governments across the world are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic by covering up data and bypassing public procurement rules, undermining trust in health systems, fuelling anti-vaxxers ...
Social Sciences
Apr 14, 2021
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As the Supreme Court's fall term begins, a new survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania finds that more than a third of Americans say they might be willing to abolish the Supreme Court ...
Social Sciences
Oct 4, 2021
1
996
The higher percentage of enslaved people that a U.S. county counted among its residents in 1860, the more guns its residents have in the present, according to a new analysis by researchers exploring why Americans' feelings ...
Social Sciences
Aug 19, 2022
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