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After summit Russians like Trump more, Americans less

  • Written by Erik C. Nisbet, Associate Professor of Communication, Political Science, and Environmental Policy and Faculty Associate with the Mershon Center for International Security Studies, The Ohio State University

President Donald Trump has garnered a great deal of criticism in the United States for his performance at the summit with Russian Vladimir Putin. But how was Trump’s performance viewed by the Russian public?

Our analysis of Russian polling data collected before and after the summit suggests one outcome of this meeting was a significant rise...

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How the Russian government used disinformation and cyber warfare in 2016 election – an ethical hacker explains

  • Written by Timothy Summers, Director of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Engagement, College of Information Studies, University of Maryland
Outside forces pushed the American people farther apart.Delpixel/Shutterstock.com

The Soviet Union and now Russia under Vladimir Putin have waged a political power struggle against the West for nearly a century. Spreading false and distorted information – called “dezinformatsiya” after the Russian word for...

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The thrill of curing hepatitis C and the pain of watching the disease surge with opioid abuse

  • Written by Anna Suk-Fong Lok, Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan
Hepatitis C rates have risen in the U.S. as drug use and opioid abuse have risen. By Zephyr_p/shutterstock.com

When I began my medical career in Hong Kong in the early 1980s, I chose to focus on hepatitis B, in part because it was very common and because the hepatitis C virus had not yet been discovered. I witnessed the devastation that this virus...

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A cooler ocean predator than sharks? Consider the mantis shrimps

  • Written by Thomas Cronin, Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

When you think about fearsome predators in the ocean, the first thing that pops into your mind is probably a shark. Sure, sharks are OK, with their sleek, menacing shape and their gaping jaws with rows of jagged teeth. But if you were a fish living on a coral reef or cruising along the shore over the sands of a tropical island, you would fear a...

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5 reasons why Venezuela's nightmare could get worse

  • Written by Andrea Oelsner, Associate professor, Universidad de San Andrés (Argentina)

“It’s time for a coup in Venezuela.”

That statement appeared in Foreign Policy magazine on June 5, two weeks after Nicolás Maduro was re-elected as Venezuela’s president on May 20 in an election widely considered to be rigged.

José R. Cárdenas, the former Bush administration official who wrote it, argued...

Read more: 5 reasons why Venezuela's nightmare could get worse

Race of mass shooters influences how the media cover their crimes, new study shows

  • Written by Laura Frizzell, PhD Student in Sociology, The Ohio State University
If a news report mentions a shooter's tough childhood, chances are he's white.ASAG Studio

On Jan. 24, 2014, police found Josh Boren, a 34-year-old man and former police officer, dead in his home next to the bodies of his wife and their three children. The shots were fired execution-style on Boren’s kneeling victims, before he turned the gun...

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Who chooses abortion? More women than you might think

  • Written by Luu D. Ireland, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Massachusetts Medical School

The abortion debate is at the center of U.S. political dialogue. As of June 2018, 49 percent of Americans consider themselves pro-choice, while 45 percent consider themselves pro-life. Voices from both sides flood social media feeds, while newspapers, radio and television programs frequently cover the topic.

Since 2011, politicians have enacted 400...

Read more: Who chooses abortion? More women than you might think

Apartments rarely come with access to charging stations. But electric vehicles need them

  • Written by Lucas Davis, Professor at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
Most garages can double as EV charging stations.Shutterstock.com/riopatuca

Americans have now purchased more than 800,000 electric vehicles, counting both plug-in hybrids and all-electric models. That may sound like a lot of EVs, and it is a big jump from the less than 5,000 that were on the road in 2010. But this is still less than 1 percent of...

Read more: Apartments rarely come with access to charging stations. But electric vehicles need them

What is a 'poison pill'?

  • Written by Yannick Thams, Assistant Professor of Strategy and International Business, Suffolk University

Papa John’s recently forced founder and former Chairman John Schnatter to resign over allegations he made a racial slur. Now the pizza chain is battling to keep him from clawing his way back into the company.

To do so, Papa John’s says it’s taking advantage of a corporate strategy often used to fend off hostile takeover attempts:...

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Families at the border are reunited briefly, if at all

  • Written by Marcia Zug, Professor of Family Law, University of South Carolina
A mother and daughter reunited after their separation in late May.AP Photo/Eric Gay

Some, but not all, immigrant families have been reunited after a court gave the U.S. government a deadline to reverse its separation of children from adults at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Those separations happened between May and June. President Donald Trump signed an...

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