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Women who ran for Congress avoided women's issues in their campaign ads

  • Written by Shawn Parry-Giles, Professor of Communication, University of Maryland
Screenshot of 'Elaine Luria for Congress: Sea Change.'YouTube

A record number of women were sworn into Congress on Jan. 3.

The influx of women candidates helped turn the midterm election into what many observers dubbed a “Year of the Woman.”

But despite a tide of voter sentiment favoring women, these winners got to Congress or a...

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Many hate crimes never make it into the FBI's database

  • Written by Sophie Bjork-James, Assistant Professor of the Practice in Anthropology, Vanderbilt University
A small memorial for Srinivas Kuchibhotla outside Austins Bar and Grill in Olathe, Kansas.AP Photo/Orlin Wagner

The FBI’s latest numbers showed a 17 percent increase in reported hate crimes in 2017.

But what does this actually say about the actual number of hate crimes occurring in the U.S.? Not much.

The Hate Crime Statistics Act of 1990...

Read more: Many hate crimes never make it into the FBI's database

Schools fall short when it comes to helping students in grief – here's how they can improve

  • Written by David Schonfeld, Director, National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement, University of Southern California
Many children experience the death of a loved one. How teachers respond matters.Blacqbook/www.shutterstock.com

An adolescent experiences the death of his mother after a lengthy illness.

When I ask what services he would like to receive from the school, he initially says he didn’t expect special treatment, would be embarrassed by counseling...

Read more: Schools fall short when it comes to helping students in grief – here's how they can improve

Amelia Earhart would have a hard time disappearing in 2019

  • Written by Brian Strzempkowski, Assistant Director, Center for Aviation Studies, The Ohio State University
Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Model 10-E Electra, with advanced navigation equipment mounted above the cockpit.USAF/Wikimedia Commons

When Amelia Earhart took off in 1937 to fly around the world, people had been flying airplanes for only about 35 years. When she tried to fly across the Pacific, she – and the world – knew it was risky. She...

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Will China's moon landing launch a new space race?

  • Written by Wendy Whitman Cobb, Associate Professor of Political Science, Cameron University
What will China discover on the far side of the moon? BeeBright/Shutterstock.com

China became the third country to land a probe on the Moon on Jan. 2. But, more importantly, it became the first to do so on the far side of the moon, often called the dark side. The ability to land on the far side of the moon is a technical...

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The euro at 20: An enduring success but a fundamental failure

  • Written by Barry Eichengreen, Professor of Economics and Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
The euro just turned 20.Marc Osborne/Shutterstock.com

New Year’s Day 1999 saw the largest monetary changeover in history. On that date, just 20 years ago, 12 members of the European Union formally adopted a brand-spanking-new currency, the euro.

Today seven additional EU member states use it, along with Montenegro, Kosovo, Andorra, Monaco,...

Read more: The euro at 20: An enduring success but a fundamental failure

Competitive elections are good for democracy – just not every democracy

  • Written by Jessica Gottlieb, Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University

The 2018 U.S. midterm elections were fierce, expensive and full of upsets, with political newcomers ousting long-tenured incumbents and Democrats unseating Republicans to retake the House of Representatives.

That makes them an exemplary democratic exercise from a political science standpoint: American voters booted the congressional representatives...

Read more: Competitive elections are good for democracy – just not every democracy

Desinformación y la vacuna contra la gripe: 3 lecciones para combatir mitos

  • Written by Matthew Motta, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Science of Science Communication at the Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania
Californians in June 2015 protest a bill that did away with personal belief exemptions for vaccinating children before they enter school.Rich Pedroncelli/AP Photo

El 43% de los norteamericanos cree que vacunarse contra la gripe provoca que uno contraiga esta enfermedad, a pesar de que diversos estudios científicos han demostrado lo...

Read more: Desinformación y la vacuna contra la gripe: 3 lecciones para combatir mitos

Nancy Pelosi victorious – why the California Democrat was reelected speaker of the House

  • Written by Kathryn L. Pearson, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Minnesota
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of California, who will become speaker of the House on Jan. 3, walks to her new office at the Capitol during a television interview for the NBC Today Show, in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019. The Republicans will relinquish the majority to House Democrats under the leadership of Nancy Pelosi beginning a new...

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