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Why evangelicals are OK with voting for Roy Moore

  • Written by David Elcott, Taub Professor of Practice in Public Service and Leadership at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University

Are conservative evangelicals and Catholics in political decline?

Many liberals apparently see hypocrisy over sexual harassment bringing down this once-formidable social and political movement.

Roy Moore allegedly stalking girls, Donald Trump’s mic’d misogyny, family values Congressman Wesley Goodman’s alleged sexual harassment of...

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How Bill McKibben's radical idea of fossil-fuel divestment transformed the climate debate

  • Written by Todd Schifeling, Assistant Professor at the Fox School of Business, Temple University
imageA protest against fossil fuels at a coal mine in 2016.Rikuti, CC BY-SA

“We need to view the fossil-fuel industry in a new light. It has become a rogue industry, reckless like no other force on Earth. It is Public Enemy Number One to the survival of our planetary civilization.”

With these words, environmental activist Bill McKibben...

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Following the developing Iranian cyberthreat

  • Written by Dorothy Denning, Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Defense Analysis, Naval Postgraduate School
imageThe Iranian Cyber Army has taken over many websites.Zone-H, CC BY-NC-ND

Iran is one of the leading cyberspace adversaries of the United States. It emerged as a cyberthreat a few years later than Russia and China and has so far demonstrated less skill. Nevertheless, it has conducted several highly damaging cyberattacks and become a major threat that...

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Venezuelan regime sweeps mayors races, tightening Maduro's grip on power

  • Written by Benigno Alarcón, Director of the Center for Political Studies, Andres Bello Catholic University (UCAB)

Venezuela’s ruling Socialist Party swept the country’s Dec. 10 municipal elections, winning 300 of 339 races for mayor, including in 39 of the country’s 40 biggest cities.

The regime’s big win comes two weeks after an announcement that Nicolás Maduro, president of the crisis-stricken nation, would himself seek...

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How the war on tipping harms customers

  • Written by Michael Lynn, Professor of Food and Beverage Management, Cornell University
imageCompanies with no-tipping policies can affect customer satisfaction.Pra Chid/Shutterstock.com

Some journalists and other social commentators have in recent years called for the abolition of restaurant tipping, primarily because they argue that it hurts workers. Several restaurateurs have even replaced tipping at their restaurants with automatic...

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AIM brought instant messaging to the masses, teaching skills for modern communication

  • Written by Nicholas Bowman, Associate Professor of Communication Studies, West Virginia University
imageThe AOL Instant Messenger icon became so well known it was made into a plush toy.KW Reinsch, CC BY-NC

Toward the mid-1990s, America Online (by then going by its nickname, AOL) was the company through which most Americans accessed the internet. As many as half of the CD-ROMs produced at the time bore the near-ubiquitous AOL logo, offering early...

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5 ways the proposed PROSPER Act could impact students

  • Written by Dennis A. Kramer II, Assistant Professor of Education Policy, University of Florida
imageFinancial aid would be doled out differently under the proposed PROSPER Act.Karin Hildebrand Lau / Shutterstock.com

For the first time in nearly a decade, the United States Congress is about to take up legislation to upgrade the Higher Education Act – the federal law that governs how the federal government supports and regulates higher...

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How to put data to work in your neighborhood

  • Written by Stephanie Shipp, Deputy Director and Research Professor at the Social and Decision Analytics Laboratory, Virginia Tech
imageMany cities collect valuable data on themselves.TDKvisuals/shutterstock.com

Every day, city governments collect vast amounts of administrative data – local property tax assessments, 911 emergency response calls, social assistance recipients and more.

These data have huge potential to enhance residents’ quality of life and stimulate...

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Can cranberries conquer the world? A US industry depends on it

  • Written by Michael Carolan, Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean for Research & Graduate Affairs, College of Liberal Arts, Colorado State University
imageNot just for Thanksgiving and Christmas.USDA

Name all the billion-dollar crops grown in the U.S. Midwest. The answer: Corn, soybeans and cranberries. Wait, what?

Roughly 60 percent of the U.S. cranberry crop is produced in Wisconsin, generating close to US$1 billion in revenue and 4,000 jobs. Other top-producing states include Massachusetts, New...

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Naughty or nice: Is there a financial reward for acting ethically?

  • Written by Jay L. Zagorsky, Economist and Research Scientist, The Ohio State University
imageClearly, the kids have been good.Angyalosi Beata/Shutterstock.com

It is almost Christmas time, and the song “Santa Claus is coming to town” keeps playing over and over.

For me, the key lines of this jingle are “He knows if you’ve been bad or good so be good for goodness sake.” The implications of this are clear: Good...

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  3. Taxing the rich to help the poor? Here's what the Bible says
  4. For baby's brain to benefit, read the right books at the right time
  5. What will Trump's declaration on Jerusalem mean to Palestinians?
  6. Honduras's election crisis is likely to end in violence
  7. Will artificial intelligence become conscious?
  8. California fire damage to homes is less 'random' than it seems
  9. Who's to blame for keeping Time's #MeToo 'silence breakers' silent?
  10. Eating out might be devouring your food budget – and you probably have no idea
  11. Why Trump's evangelical supporters welcome his move on Jerusalem
  12. Can Atlanta's new mayor revive America's 'black mecca'?
  13. Hanukkah's true meaning is about Jewish survival
  14. DNA has gone digital – what could possibly go wrong?
  15. Exposure to wildfire smoke: 5 questions answered
  16. The GOP tax plan, state and local taxes deductions – and you
  17. What better forensic science can reveal about the JFK assassination
  18. CVS merger with Aetna: Health care cure or curse?
  19. Why aren't Hollywood films more diverse? The international box office might be to blame
  20. How the tax package could sap the flow of charitable giving
  21. Literature has long been sounding the alarm about sexual violence in Hollywood
  22. How a group of California nuns challenged the Catholic Church
  23. Venezuela's elections are just a new way for Maduro to cling to power
  24. Bajo Maduro, las elecciones venezolanas son otra forma de mantener el poder
  25. The obscure federal agency that soon could raise your electric bill: 5 questions answered on FERC
  26. President Trump's national monument rollback is illegal and likely to be reversed in court
  27. The constitutional right to education is long overdue
  28. Why the president's anti-Muslim tweets could increase tensions
  29. A new collaborative approach to investigate what happens in the brain when it makes a decision
  30. How the tax bill opens wide a big back door to overhaul health care
  31. Turning hurricanes into music: Can listening to storms help us understand them better?
  32. Two little-known ways GOP tax bill would make chasm between rich and poor even wider
  33. Taking a second look at the learn-to-code craze
  34. Should lying to the FBI be a crime?
  35. When should you unfriend someone on Facebook?
  36. Why psychiatrists should not be involved in presidential politics
  37. Historic tax overhaul nears finish line: 5 essential reads
  38. The new tax bill will make Americans less healthy – and that's bad for the economy
  39. The latest threat to peace in Colombia: Congress
  40. The GOP doesn't care if you like their tax plan. Here's why
  41. The GOP doesn't care if you like its tax plan. Here's why
  42. Tax bill's attack on higher education undermines America's economic vitality
  43. Is the British monarchy actually adapting to changing social norms?
  44. Teaching machines to teach themselves
  45. Could the ERA pass in the #Metoo era?
  46. Why society should talk about forced sex in intimate relationships, too
  47. Stop criticizing bizarrely shaped voting districts. They might not be gerrymandered after all
  48. Who are the Baha'is and why are they so persecuted?
  49. Charles Manson and the perversion of the American dream
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