New court actions upholding climate stability as a protected right are needed to break the climate change impasse, an Oregon State University economist concludes in a new paper in PLOS Climate.
Environment
Sep 20, 2023
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Most high-school students participating in a new study on academic honesty say they have cheated on tests and homework - and, in some alarming cases, say they don't consider certain types of cheating out of line.
Social Sciences
May 11, 2010
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The US state of Hawaii has reached an historic agreement in response to litigation by youth activists, promising to speed up the de-carbonization of its transport sector to protect their right to a safe and healthy climate.
Environment
Jun 21, 2024
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A growing group of Moroccans is non-religious. The research of anthropologist Lena Richter sheds light on how young, urban atheists in Morocco and Europe use subtle forms of activism to normalize their non-religious identity. ...
Social Sciences
May 1, 2024
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A new study by the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center at Rutgers assesses the degree to which firearm owners in each state differ from one another with respect to firearm ownership, exposure and use.
Social Sciences
Oct 6, 2023
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Many Americans do not know what rights are protected under the First Amendment and a substantial number cannot name all three branches of government, according to the 2023 Annenberg Constitution Day Civics Survey.
Social Sciences
Sep 14, 2023
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The latest reminder that police officers around the country routinely deny Black people their constitutional rights comes from the Justice Department. This time, it's about Minneapolis, the site of a police officer's video-recorded ...
Social Sciences
Jul 7, 2023
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More than four decades ago—on April 17, 1982—Queen Elizabeth signed the Constitution Act, which included the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Social Sciences
Apr 6, 2023
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Concerns are being raised across the U.S. about whether schools have a right to compel female athletes to provide information about their menstrual cycles.
Education
Feb 21, 2023
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A new study finds that public attitudes about abortion are closely tied to both religious beliefs and attitudes about race. The study provides the first empirical evidence of the strong relationship between racial attitudes ...
Social Sciences
Feb 8, 2023
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