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How to make performance reviews less terrible – especially given the challenges of supervising remote workers

  • Written by Yalcin Acikgoz, Associate Professor of Psychology, Appalachian State University
imageA better way?Andersen Ross/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Few office workers seem to like performance reviews, those annual examinations of how well workers are doing their jobs. And many seem to outright hate – or fear – them.

A 2015 survey of Fortune 1000 companies found that nearly two-thirds of employees were dissatisfied with...

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War crimes trial of Russian soldier was perfectly legal – but that doesn't make it wise

  • Written by Robert Goldman, Professor of Law, American University
imageThe trial of Russian soldier Vadim Shishimarin could be mirrored with similar war crimes prosecutions by Moscow.Maxym Marusenko/NurPhoto via Getty Images

The war crimes trial of a Russian soldier in Ukraine – which concluded on May 23, 2022 with a conviction and life sentence for the defendant – was permissible under international law....

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Europe is determined to cut fossil fuel ties with Russia, even though getting Hungary on board won't be easy

  • Written by Margarita Balmaceda, Professor of Diplomacy and International Relations, Seton Hall University
imageAn oil tank at Hungary's Duna Refinery, which receives Russian crude oil through the Druzhba pipeline. Attila Kisbenedek/AFP via Getty Images

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has forced Europe to rethink its energy policy – especially its deep dependence on Russia for about one-third of its fossil fuel imports. The European Union is...

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The Martinican bèlè dance – a celebration of land, spirit and liberation

  • Written by Camee Maddox-Wingfield, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

On May 22 each year, when the eastern Caribbean island of Martinique observes Emancipation Day, drums beat from sunrise until the break of dawn the next day.

Participants at open-air, starlit gatherings dance, sing, play drums and feast for ancestors who fought to break the chains of bondage. The uprising that eventually led to the abolition of...

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What is monkeypox? A microbiologist explains what's known about this smallpox cousin

  • Written by Rodney E. Rohde, Regents' Professor of Clinical Laboratory Science, Texas State University
imageMonkeypox causes lesions that resemble pus-filled blisters, which eventually scab over.CDC/Getty Images

On May 18, 2022, Massachusetts health officials and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed a single case of monkeypox in a patient who had recently traveled to Canada. Cases have also been reported in the United Kingdom and...

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After initial silence, the Biden administration is making moves to free WNBA star Brittney Griner from Russian detention

  • Written by Rokeshia Renné Ashley, Assistant Professor of Communication, Florida International University
imagePhoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner before a WNBA game in 2015.Tony Quinn/Icon Sportswire/Corbis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

A week before Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, Russian authorities arrested American basketball star Brittney Griner at the Moscow airport. She was charged with drug smuggling after Russian officials allegedly...

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Accused Buffalo mass shooter had threatened a shooting while in high school. Could more have been done to avert the tragedy?

  • Written by James Densley, Professor of Criminal Justice, Metropolitan State University
imageMany mass shooters show signs of distress before their attack. Smederevac via iStock/Getty Images Plus

Nearly a year before he was charged with shooting and killing 10 shoppers, and wounding three more, at a Buffalo, New York, grocery store, a then-17-year-old student reportedly told his classmates at Susquehanna Valley High School that he...

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'Dracula Daily' reanimates the classic vampire novel for the age of memes and snark

  • Written by Stanley Stepanic, Assistant Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Virginia
imageAn online audience is reading the vampire novel for the first time, en masse.Diane Barros/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

If you’re an active social media user, perhaps you’ve noticed a surge in posts recently about paprika, reflective shaving glasses and castle hospitality in Transylvania. One hundred twenty-five years after its...

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Over 100 years of Antarctic agriculture is helping scientists grow food in space

  • Written by Daniella McCahey, Assistant Professor of History, Texas Tech University
imageThe greenhouse at McMurdo Station in Antarctica is the only source of fresh food during winter.Eli Duke/Flickr, CC BY-SA

Figuring out how to feed people in space is a major part of a larger effort to demonstrate the viability of long-term human habitation of extraterrestrial environments. On May 12, 2022, a team of scientists announced that they...

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1 in 6 US kids are in families below the poverty line

  • Written by Callie Freitag, Ph.D. Candidate in Public Policy and Governance, University of Washington
imageThe official child poverty rate is about the same today as in 1967.More Than Words Photography by Alisa Brouwer/Moment Open via Getty ImagesimageCC BY-ND

In the United States, children are more likely to experience poverty than people over 18.

In 2020, about 1 in 6 kids, 16% of all children, were living in families with incomes below the official poverty...

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