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How the science of human behavior is beginning to reshape the US government

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imageBehavioral research shows that federal employees are more likely to click on an email if it's sent at lunchtime.Reuters

Back in September, President Barack Obama signed an executive order that marked a major turning point in the role that behavioral science plays in helping the federal government achieve policy goals.

The order, which directs...

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Teaching assistants like me? Here's what could change

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imageWhat difference can a teaching assistant make?https://www.flickr.com/photos/vandycft/, CC BY-NC

From 1995 to 2012, the rate of college completion in the United States has steadily fallen relative to other developed countries. Over this short period of time, the US went from having the highest young-adult college completion rate among OECD countries...

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How computers broke science – and what we can do to fix it

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imageComputer... or black box for data?US Army

Reproducibility is one of the cornerstones of science. Made popular by British scientist Robert Boyle in the 1660s, the idea is that a discovery should be reproducible before being accepted as scientific knowledge.

In essence, you should be able to produce the same results I did if you follow the method I...

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The activists' playbook behind Obama's Keystone rejection

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imageGetting out the message: environmental activists seized on the Keystone XL pipeline as a symbol. Light Brigading/flickr, CC BY-NC

Contrary to predictions from energy industry insiders, President Obama has rejected TransCanada’s application to build the Keystone XL pipeline across the United States-Canada border.

The president downplayed the...

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The Keystone XL pipeline debate is over, but our infrastructure needs are not

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imageObama announcing that he has rejected the Keystone XL pipeline – what message does it send on infrastructure? Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

President Barack Obama’s rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline was virtually a foregone conclusion well before he announced it.

Just as the prolonged debate about the pipeline was far more a matter of...

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Jobs report shows why it's time Speaker Ryan and President Obama sat down for a beer

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imageThere's nothing a couple beers can't fix. Reuters

Today’s strong employment report is a cause for celebration, at least for now.

The economy reversed the trend of the past three months by creating 271,000 new jobs. The overall unemployment rate is now at 5%, a seven-year low. Growth was especially strong in the service sector, with...

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Black Panthers and Black Lives Matter -- parallels and progress

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imageMillions March TexasElizabeth Brossa/flickr, CC BY-NC-SA

Comparing the 1960s and 1970s Black Panther Party and today’s Black Lives Matter movement reveals parallels and progress.

Stanley Nelson’s recently released film The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution juxtaposes the party’s justice movement against the Black Lives...

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Labor's rank and file still believe in collective bargaining's power to bolster middle class

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imageUAW workers are fighting back.Reuters

When members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) approved a new contract with Fiat Chrysler on October 22, they ended a contentious round of negotiations that exposed rank-and-file discontent over a two-tier wage system that one worker described as “at odds with union principles.”

In a rare move just a...

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