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Yes, US states did get more money from Washington than they needed for COVID-19 relief

  • Written by Raymond Scheppach, Professor of Public Policy, University of Virginia
imagePresident Joe Biden speaks about the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 on Feb. 22, 2021 in Washington, D.C.Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

Across the country, states got huge infusions of cash from the federal government to help them deal with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic; the most recent infusion of money comes from the American Rescue Plan...

Read more: Yes, US states did get more money from Washington than they needed for COVID-19 relief

Slain Haitian president faced calls for resignation, sustained mass protests before killing

  • Written by Tamanisha John, Ph.D. Candidate of International Relations, Florida International University
imagePresidential guards patrol the entrance to the residence of late Haitian President Jovenel Moise in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, July 7, 2021. Moïse was assassinated in an attack there early that morning. AP Photo/Joseph Odelyn

Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in the early morning hours of July 7, 2021, in a brazen attack on...

Read more: Slain Haitian president faced calls for resignation, sustained mass protests before killing

It's not just bad behavior – why social media design makes it hard to have constructive disagreements online

  • Written by Amanda Baughan, PhD Student in Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington
imageTechnology can trip people up on the road to finding common ground.Johanna Svennberg/iStock via Getty Images

Good-faith disagreements are a normal part of society and building strong relationships. Yet it’s difficult to engage in good-faith disagreements on the internet, and people reach less common ground online compared with face-to-face...

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5 digital games that teach civics through play

  • Written by Karen "Kat" Schrier, Associate Professor and Director of Games and Emerging Media, Marist College
imageFortnite players have to think about what they want to build to achieve their goals.Whelsko via Flickr, CC BY-SA

There is a lot of discussion in the United States about how to help people come together to solve the complex problems facing the nation and the world.

As a scholar of games, I see opportunities for that popular medium to contribute to...

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New York defines illegal firearms use as a 'public nuisance' in bid to pierce gun industry's powerful liability shield

  • Written by Timothy D. Lytton, Distinguished University Professor & Professor of Law, Georgia State University
imageIllegal gun use is now a public nuisance in New York.AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews

Could calling the illegal use of firearms a “public nuisance” bring an end to the gun industry’s immunity from civil lawsuits?

New York will soon test that notion. State lawmakers recently amended New York’s public nuisance statute to specifically...

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US Black and Latino communities often have low vaccination rates – but blaming vaccine hesitancy misses the mark

  • Written by Elisa J. Sobo, Professor and Chair of Anthropology, San Diego State University
imageWith many vaccine-eligible people in the U.S. staying away, some vaccine sites have no lines. Mario Tama/Getty Images

By early July 2021, nearly two-thirds of all U.S. residents 12 years and older had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine; 55% were fully vaccinated. But uptake varies drastically by region – and it is lower on...

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Should the Supreme Court have term limits?

  • Written by Paul M. Collins, Jr., Professor of Legal Studies and Political Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst
imageLifetime tenure has pushed the average age of judicial nominees down as presidents appoint younger justices in hopes they will serve for many decades. Erin Schaff/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

Pressure on Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to step down will likely grow now that the court’s session has ended.

Breyer, 82, joined the court in...

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Por qué algunas personas terminan viviendo en aeropuertos durante semanas, meses e incluso años

  • Written by Janet Bednarek, Professor of History, University of Dayton
imageMehran Karimi Nasseri, refugiado iraní, en el aeropuerto Paris-Charles de Gualle, donde vivio durante 18 años. Nasseri supuestamente inspiró la película 'La Terminal' (2004), protagonizada por Tom Hanks. Eric Fougere/VIP Images/Corbis via Getty Images

Las autoridades locales de Chicago arrestaron en enero a un hombre de...

Read more: Por qué algunas personas terminan viviendo en aeropuertos durante semanas, meses e incluso años

Global evidence links rise in extreme precipitation to human-driven climate change

  • Written by Gavin D. Madakumbura, Ph.D. candidate in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles
imageHurricane Harvey dumped an unheard-of 60 inches of rain in parts of Texas in 2017.AP Photo/David J. Phillip

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.

The big idea

Human activities, such as burning fossil fuels for transportation and electricity, have worsened the intensity of extreme rainfall and snowfall over land in recent...

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Research shows labor unions help lower the risk of poverty

  • Written by Tom VanHeuvelen, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Minnesota
imageWarehouse workers at an Amazon facility in Bessemer, Ala., recently tried, and failed, to form a union. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.

The big idea

Belonging to a union or living in a U.S. state where organized labor is relatively strong helps lower the likelihood that you will fall into...

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