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74 screens of legalese don't protect your data – here's a blueprint for new laws that could make a difference

  • Written by Fred H. Cate, Distinguished Professor and C. Ben Dutton Professor of Law, Indiana University
Companies and governments have massive amounts of data about many people.Lightspring/Shutterstock.com

All over the world, government officials are trying to figure out how to craft laws and regulations about privacy – especially for digital data and online activity. The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation took effect in...

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The generals who challenged Netanyahu ran a campaign largely devoid of substance

  • Written by Guy Ziv, Assistant Professor, American University School of International Service

The close results of the April 9 Israeli elections, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the apparent winner, represent a missed opportunity for his centrist rivals.

As a foreign policy scholar who researches Israeli politics, I believe that perhaps the greatest irony of the election was the failure of Netanyahu’s challengers, the newly...

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Empathy is the secret ingredient that makes cooperation – and civilization – possible

  • Written by Arunas L. Radzvilavicius, Postdoctoral Researcher of Evolutionary Biology, University of Pennsylvania
What goes into all for one and one for all?Africa Studio/Shutterstock.com

Human societies are so prosperous mostly because of how altruistic we are. Unlike other animals, people cooperate even with complete strangers. We share knowledge on Wikipedia, we show up to vote, and we work together to responsibly manage natural resources.

But where do these...

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A country can never be too rich, too beautiful or too full of people

  • Written by Jay L. Zagorsky, Senior lecturer, Boston University
Trump isn’t the first to think a country can be full.Arthimedes/Shutterstock.com

“Our Country is FULL!” U.S. President Donald Trump recently tweeted.

He was referring to immigrants, but the rhetorical tweet begs the question: Can a country ever be full?

Economists like me have been arguing for centuries about the question but also a...

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How a 'hard' Brexit would harm US banks, carmakers and drug companies

  • Written by Elham Mafi-Kreft, Clinical Associate Professor of Business Economics, Indiana University
A 'hard Brexit' appears increasingly likely. AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth

Nearly three years have passed since British voters chose to leave the European Union, a decision that created uncertainty and risks that have become a focal point of economic forecasters like me.

Yet the U.K. still doesn’t know what sort of Brexit it wants. Does the...

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A defeat on offshore drilling extends the Trump administration's losing streak in court

  • Written by Alejandro E. Camacho, Professor of Law and Director, Center for Land Environment, and Natural Resources, University of California, Irvine
A polar bear crosses ice In Alaska's Chukchi Sea area, where a recent court ruling bars the Trump administration from greenlighting offshore drilling.NOAA/OER/Hidden Ocean 2016:The Chukchi Borderlands

The Trump administration’s push to boost fossil fuel extraction has received a major setback. On March 29, Judge Sharon Gleason of the U.S....

Read more: A defeat on offshore drilling extends the Trump administration's losing streak in court

Fox News isn’t the problem, it’s the media’s obsession with Fox News

  • Written by Michael J. Socolow, Associate Professor, Communication and Journalism, University of Maine
A security guard looks out of the the News Corp. headquarters in Midtown Manhattan, April 2017AP/Mary Altaffer

The American press seems fixated on Fox News and its owners, the Murdoch family.

Recently, The New York Times purported to explain “How Rupert Murdoch’s Empire of Influence Remade the World.” This followed The New...

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Campus free speech laws being enacted in many states, but some may do more harm than good

  • Written by Neal H. Hutchens, Professor of Higher Education, University of Mississippi
More states are passing laws that deal with campus free speech.Chad Zuber from shutterstock.com

Continuing a recent trend, more states are passing laws that deal with free speech rights on college campuses.

Action has also come at the federal level with President Donald Trump’s March 21 executive order on campus free speech. There have also...

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The pitfalls of the narcissistic NBA player

  • Written by Emily Grijalva, Assistant Professor of Organization and Human Resources, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Was Kyrie Irving's leadership style a factor in the Boston Celtics' struggles this season?AP Photo/Matt Slocum

Why do star players sometimes hurt their team’s performance?

Last season, the Boston Celtics made the Eastern Conference Finals without two of their stars, Gordon Hayward and Kyrie Irving.

With Hayward and Irving returning this year,...

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Why Americans appear more likely to support Christian refugees

  • Written by Joannie Tremblay-Boire, Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland
About a million Rohingya refugees are living in Bangladesh.AP Photo/Dar Yasin

An estimated 70 million people worldwide have been forcibly displaced, according to the United Nations. Every two seconds, someone in countries like Syria, Afghanistan, South Sudan and Myanmar is being forced to leave their home. Although 24.5 million of these people have...

Read more: Why Americans appear more likely to support Christian refugees

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