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Before Trump, Mexicans really liked the US

  • Written by Jesus Velasco, Joe and Teresa Endowed Chair in Social Sciences, Tarleton State University, Tarleton State University

Donald Trump’s antagonistic rhetoric toward Mexico has caused an increase in anti-American sentiment among Mexicans.

Today, many in Mexico reject Trump’s policies and fear his administration, citing it as fascist, authoritarian, populist, dictatorial, xenophobic, misogynist or simply an aberration.

It wasn’t always this way. Since...

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What France and the UK can teach Trump about reviving America's middle class

  • Written by Steven Pressman, Professor of Economics, Colorado State University
imageProviding more support for families with children is a key way to grow the middle class. Kristen Wyatt/AP Photo

America’s middle class is in deep trouble.

Signs of its decline are everywhere, from stagnant incomes and falling wealth to soaring household debt and the rise of populist politicians promising a return to the “glory...

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Why America needs a 'do-over' on Medicaid reform

  • Written by Darius Lakdawalla, Professor of Pharmaceutical Development and Regulatory Innovation, Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, University of Southern California
imagePresident Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan after the House passed a bill to repeal Obamacare and cut back Medicaid funding. Evan Vucci

One of the most important pieces of the newly passed House health bill is a possible US$800 billion cut over 10 years to Medicaid, the federal program designed to provide insurance coverage to the poor.

That bill,...

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Are solar and wind really killing coal, nuclear and grid reliability?

  • Written by Joshua D. Rhodes, Postdoctoral Researcher of Energy, University of Texas at Austin
imageLessons from the Lone Star State: A surge in wind power on the Texas grid didn't cause reliability problems (and brought down electricity prices) because regulators improved the efficiency of wholesale electricity markets.Sarah Fields Photography/Shutterstock.com

U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry in April requested a study to assess the effect of...

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The forgotten origins of the modern gay rights movement in WWI

  • Written by Laurie Marhoefer, Assistant Professor of History, University of Washington
imageGerman infantrymen aim machine guns from a trench near the Vistula River in 1916. AP-Photo

One of the World War I’s most enduring legacies is largely forgotten: It sparked the modern gay rights movement.

Gay soldiers who survived the bloodletting returned home convinced their governments owed them something – full citizenship. Especially...

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What the 1970 Kent State shootings tell us about universities then and now

  • Written by John Grabowski, Krieger-Mueller Joint Professor in History, Case Western Reserve University
imageBanners on the campus of Kent State University commemorating the anniversary of the May 4 shootings.AP Photo/Jeff Glidden

In 1997, a student I taught while I was a Fulbright scholar in Turkey came to visit our home in Cleveland. Asked what sites he might want to visit, he immediately suggested nearby Kent State. On May 4, 1970, students protesting...

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Christian sex advice websites offer a peek into evangelical politics

  • Written by Kelsy Burke, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
imageAdam and Eve, created by Albrecht Dürer, 1471-1528.Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

On May 4, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that allows churches and religious leaders to explicitly endorse or oppose a political candidate without penalty to their nonprofit, tax-exempt status....

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Global ransomware attack reinforces message of Trump's new cybersecurity order

  • Written by Frank J. Cilluffo, Director, Center for Cyber and Homeland Security, George Washington University
imageLocking down the federal government.NicoElNico via shutterstock.com

A cyberattack is sweeping the world, infecting thousands of computers and demanding their owners pay a ransom or risk losing all their data. The threat, which has affected the FedEx shipping company, several hospitals in the UK, a major Spanish telecommunications company, and many...

Read more: Global ransomware attack reinforces message of Trump's new cybersecurity order

Why dads can't be the dads they want to be

  • Written by Kevin Shafer, Associate Professor of Sociology; Faculty Affiliate in Social Work, Brigham Young University
imageIt's about more than gender dynamics: Do social institutions get in the way of dads being dads?Reginald Williams / Pexels, FAL

In most families, mothers and fathers both work hard. Pew Research recently reported that moms and dads in the U.S. work essentially equal hours when paid work hours are combined with household chores and child care hours.

Pe...

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Trump will likely win reelection in 2020

  • Written by Musa al-Gharbi, Paul F. Lazarsfeld Fellow in Sociology, Columbia University
imageTrump seen through a TV camera's viewfinder in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on April 29, 2017.AP Photo/Patrick Semansky

Most Americans don’t like Trump.

Trump will most likely be reelected in 2020.

How can both of these statements be true? Here’s how:

Even when people are unhappy with a state of affairs, they are usually disinclined to...

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  8. Why Facebook may fuel new mothers' insecurity
  9. Will Trump give working families a break?
  10. Why big-data analysis of police activity is inherently biased
  11. 'Moonlight' schooled Hollywood on race. Can it take on school discipline, too?
  12. Four challenges for Moon Jae-in, South Korea's new president
  13. To curb climate change, we need to protect and expand US forests
  14. How the refugee crisis is playing out on the German stage
  15. Central American gangs like MS-13 were born out of failed anti-crime policies
  16. Iranian voters' economic gloom may doom President Rouhani's reelection bid
  17. Throwing injuries in young baseball players: Is there something we are not considering?
  18. Brain-imaging modern people making Stone Age tools hints at evolution of human intelligence
  19. In letters from Stalin's labor camps, a window into Soviet political oppression
  20. People don’t trust scientific research when companies are involved
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  22. How the hijab has grown into a fashion industry
  23. Can we talk about free speech on campus?
  24. Macron beats Le Pen, but can he lead France?
  25. Fake news, echo chambers and filter bubbles: Underresearched and overhyped
  26. How African-Americans disappeared from the Kentucky Derby
  27. How pre-existing conditions became front and center in health care vote
  28. Who are Jehovah's Witnesses?
  29. Court ruling is a first step toward controlling air pollution from livestock farms
  30. Behind closed doors: What the Piltdown Man hoax from 1912 can teach science today
  31. More and more restaurants list calories on their menus. What about salt?
  32. Rewriting NAFTA has serious implications beyond just trade
  33. What makes Kim Jong Un tick?
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  35. The future is in interactive storytelling
  36. How funding to house mentally ill, homeless is a financial gain, not drain
  37. Anti-terror rules are blocking aid to conflict zones
  38. Heroes and American politics
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  40. Macron and LePen are battling for France’s heart and soul in election runoff
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