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CBS' Moonves scandal shows why corporate America needs tougher CEO pay contracts

  • Written by Elizabeth C. Tippett, Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Oregon
Protesters stand outside the CBS shareholder's meeting.AP Photo/Seth Wenig

Corporate America is notorious for letting disgraced CEOswalk away with millions.

Yet somehow Les Moonves, who was fired from CBS “for cause” on Dec. 17 after a monthslong investigation into his alleged misdeeds, lost US$120 million in promised severance benefits...

Read more: CBS' Moonves scandal shows why corporate America needs tougher CEO pay contracts

Only Les Moonves' egregious behavior saved CBS $120M – that's why CEO contracts need to change

  • Written by Elizabeth C. Tippett, Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Oregon
Protesters stand outside the CBS shareholder's meeting.AP Photo/Seth Wenig

Corporate America is notorious for letting disgraced CEOswalk away with millions.

Yet somehow Les Moonves, who was fired from CBS “for cause” on Dec. 17 after a monthslong investigation into his alleged misdeeds, lost US$120 million in promised severance benefits...

Read more: Only Les Moonves' egregious behavior saved CBS $120M – that's why CEO contracts need to change

What is 'green' dry cleaning? A toxics expert explains

  • Written by Joy Onasch, Business & Industry Program Manager, Toxics Use Reduction Institute, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Do you know what have your clothes been soaking in?ET1972/Shutterstock

The winter holidays are a busy time for many businesses, including retail stores, grocers, liquor stores – and dry cleaners. People pull out special-occasion clothes made of silk, satin or other fabrics that don’t launder well in soap and water. Then there are all...

Read more: What is 'green' dry cleaning? A toxics expert explains

An Indian perspective on the Poland climate meeting: Not much help for the world's poor and vulnerable

  • Written by Arun Agrawal, Professor of Natural Resources & Environment, University of Michigan
Bamboo structures on the Brahmaputra river in Majuli, northeastern India, intended to help prevent land erosion in a region experiencing erratic weather patterns and bursts of intense rainfall. AP Photo/Anupam Nath

The international climate change conference that concluded in Katowice, Poland on Dec. 15 had limited ambitions and expectations...

Read more: An Indian perspective on the Poland climate meeting: Not much help for the world's poor and...

Are your grandparents getting tipsy at the holiday party?

  • Written by Amy Burdette, Associate Professor of Sociology, Florida State University
Most people are fine with a drink, but when one becomes several, there may be a problem.Zachary Byer/Shutterstock.com

November and December are defined by parties and social events. And in the U.S., alcohol is synonymous with socializing, with Americans particularly likely to overindulge during the holidays.

Older people as a group have not...

Read more: Are your grandparents getting tipsy at the holiday party?

The humble origins of 'Silent Night'

  • Written by Sarah Eyerly, Assistant Professor of Musicology and Director of the Early Music Program, Florida State University
This undated score, written by Joseph Mohr and titled 'Weynachts Lied' ('Christmas Carol'), is the earliest known surviving copy of 'Silent Night.' Salzburg Museum

One of the world’s most famous Christmas carols, “Silent Night,” celebrates its 200th anniversary this year.

Over the centuries, hundreds of Christmas carols have been...

Read more: The humble origins of 'Silent Night'

Alternative approaches needed to end racial disparities in school discipline

  • Written by Jonathan F. Zaff, Research Associate Professor and Executive Director, Center for Promise, Boston University
A student discusses a recent conflict with another student solved through restorative justice, at Ed White Middle School in San Antonio, Texas.Eric Gay/AP

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos wants to get rid of an Obama-era policy that sought to end racial disparities in school suspensions and expulsions. Statistics show those disparities mean black...

Read more: Alternative approaches needed to end racial disparities in school discipline

Informal networks of generosity are supporting asylum seekers on both sides of the border

  • Written by Jamie Lynn Goodwin, PhD Candidate, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Central American migrants playing soccer at a temporary shelter in Tijuana.AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd

When a woman I’ll call Elisa and her 15-year-old daughter, Ana, journeyed from their home in Honduras to Tijuana, Mexico, they survived due to the generosity of a friend who gave them bus tickets, strangers they met aboard the bus headed north and...

Read more: Informal networks of generosity are supporting asylum seekers on both sides of the border

'Tis the season for conception

  • Written by Micaela Martinez, Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia University Medical Center
Lots of positive pregnancy tests this time of year.Kristina Kokhanova/Shutterstock.com

Does it ever seem like you’re invited to an awful lot of summer birthday gatherings? For good reason. In the United States, most births occur between June and early November. Count back nine months, and you’ll see that places most conceptions in the...

Read more: 'Tis the season for conception

Does terrorism work? We studied 90 groups to get the answer

  • Written by John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, Lagrange College
French soldiers patrol the streets following an attack in Strasbourg.AP Photo/Christophe Ena

The famous Christmas Market in Strasbourg, France, became the latest place to be struck by terrorists.

On Dec. 12, 2018, a gunman on a terror watch list named Cherif Chekatt yelled “Allahu Akbar” and opened fire on shoppers, killing five people...

Read more: Does terrorism work? We studied 90 groups to get the answer

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