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By Roger J. Kreuz, Associate Dean and Professor of Psychology, University of Memphis During an interview with NASCAR driver Brandon Brown on October 2, NBC sportscaster Kelli Stavast made a curious observation. She reported that Talladega Superspeedway spectators were chanting “Let’s go Brandon” to celebrate the racing driver’s first Xfinity Series win. In reality, however, the crowd was shouting a very different phrase: “F–k Joe Biden,” a taunt that had become popular at college football games earlier in the fall. The deliberate misinterpretation of the crowd’s chant was a deft bit of verbal legerdemain on Stavast’s part. Although she...

By Henry T. Puls, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Children’s Mеrcy Kаnsаs City, University of Mіssourі-Kаnsаs City; and Paul J. Chung, Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics and Health Policy and Management, University of California, Los Angeles Financial investments by States in public benefit programs for low-income families are associated with less child abuse and neglect, also known as maltreatment. These investments are also associated with less need for foster care and maltreatment-related deaths, according to our recent publication in the journal Pediatrics. Our research team included the two of us – Hank Puls, a pediatrician who conducts research on the prevention...

Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted of all charges on November 19 after pleading self-defense in the deadly Kenosha shootings that became a flashpoint in the debate over guns, vigilantism, and racial injustice in the United States. A jury of seven White women, four White men and one man of color took nearly four days to render their verdicts. Rittenhouse, 18, began to choke up and then hugged one of his attorneys as he heard a court clerk recite “not guilty” five times. A sheriff’s deputy whisked him out a back door. “He wants to get on with his life,” defense...