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Airbnb hosts, Uber drivers and waiters who are more politically conservative get slightly higher ratings and tips

  • Written by Alexander Davidson, Assistant Professor of Marketing, Wayne State University
imageDo your driver's political beliefs affect the service he provides?AP Photo/Anita Snow

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Customers give higher ratings and tips to politically conservative Airbnb hosts, Uber drivers and waiters than to ones with more liberal leanings, according to new peer-reviewed research...

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If China's middle class continues to thrive and grow, what will it mean for the rest of the world?

  • Written by Amitrajeet A. Batabyal, Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, Rochester Institute of Technology
imageOver the past few decades, hundreds of millions of Chinese citizens have become part of the middle class.AP Photo/Ng Han Guan

China’s large and impressive accomplishments over the past four decades have spurred scholars and politicians to debate whether the decline of the West – including the United States – as the world’s...

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Numbers can trip you up during the pandemic – here are 4 tips to help you figure out tricky stats

  • Written by Ellen Peters, Director, Center for Science Communication Research, University of Oregon
imageUnderstanding vaccine effectiveness stats can help you weigh the risks of travel.AP Photo/Rick Bowmer

The COVID-19 pandemic thrust many news consumers into a world of statistics and deep uncertainty. An endless swirl of numbers – case counts, infection rates, vaccine efficacy – can leave you feeling stressed, anxious and powerless if...

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Arbor Day should be about growing trees, not just planting them

  • Written by Karen D. Holl, Professor of Restoration Ecology, University of California, Santa Cruz
imageA forested plot in Thailand's Doi Suthep Pui National Park, formerly burnt over, after 12 years of restoration.Forru/Wikipedia, CC BY-SA

For 149 years, Americans have marked Arbor Day on the last Friday in April by planting trees. Now business leaders, politicians, YouTubers and celebrities are calling for the planting of millions, billions or...

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FBI reaches out to Hasidic Jews to fight antisemitism – but bureau has fraught history with Judaism

  • Written by Sarah Imhoff, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Indiana University
imageFBI announcements in Yiddish encourage Hasidic or "ultra-Orthodox" Jews to report incidents of anti-Semitism.Spencer Platt/Getty Images

The FBI wants to hear from Hasidim, or “ultra-Orthodox” Jews. The Hate Crimes Unit said as much when it issued announcements – in both Yiddish and Hebrew – asking Jews to report antisemitic...

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FTC warns the AI industry: Don't discriminate, or else

  • Written by Ryan Calo, Professor of Law, University of Washington
imageThe FTC put companies that sell AI systems on notice: Cross the line with biased products and the law is coming for you.Maciej Frolow/Stone via Getty Images

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission just fired a shot across the bow of the artificial intelligence industry. On April 19, 2021, a staff attorney at the agency, which serves as the nation’s...

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Census results shift political power in Congress, presidential elections

  • Written by Dudley L. Poston Jr., Professor of Sociology, Texas A&M University
imageThe seats in the House chamber will be filled according to elections in the 50 states.U.S. House of Representatives

New data from the 2020 U.S. census released April 26, 2021, indicates that starting in 2023 – after the next congressional elections – seven states will have fewer seats in Congress than they do now, and six will have...

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Trans youth are coming out and living in their gender much earlier than older generations

  • Written by Jae A. Puckett, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Michigan State University
imageTrans baby boomers typically began living in their affirmed gender around age 50. For millennials, it's age 22.John Lamparski/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

There are a few common identity milestones that transgender, or trans, people experience across their lives.

One is starting to feel different than the sex assigned to them at birth....

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QAnon hasn't gone away – it's alive and kicking in states across the country

  • Written by Sophie Bjork-James, Assistant Professor of the Practice in Anthropology, Vanderbilt University
imageQAnon demonstrators protest during a rally to reopen California and against stay-at-home directives on May 1, 2020, in San Diego. Photo by Sandy Huffaker/AFP via Getty Images

By this point, almost everyone has heard of QAnon, the conspiracy spawned by an anonymous online poster of enigmatic prophecies. Starting with an initial promise in 2017 that...

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The FBI is breaking into corporate computers to remove malicious code – smart cyber defense or government overreach?

  • Written by Scott Shackelford, Associate Professor of Business Law and Ethics; Executive Director, Ostrom Workshop; Cybersecurity Program Chair, IU-Bloomington, Indiana University
imageThe FBI's latest cybersecurity moves bring the government into new territory – inside privately owned computers.AP Photo/Cliff Owen

The FBI has the authority right now to access privately owned computers without their owners’ knowledge or consent, and to delete software. It’s part of a government effort to contain the continuing...

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