Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News legacy is one of lies, little accountability, and political plunder
By Lorna Grisby, Politics & Society Editor, The Conversation Rupert Murdoch, 92, one of the world’s most influential modern media figures, announced on September 21, 2023, that he was stepping down as chair of Fox Corp. and executive chairman of News Corp. By...
Research shows how social media algorithms warp the process people use to learn from each other
By William Brady, Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations, Northwestern University People’s daily interactions with online algorithms affect how they learn from others, with negative consequences including social misperceptions, conflict and the spread of...
Economic countermeasures: How China has responded to U.S. sanctions with policy of blocking laws
By Bashar Malkawi, Professor of Law, University of Arizona After a recent meeting between U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and officials in Beijing, China released a statement demanding “practical action” over the issue of sanctions. The implication was that the...
Diagnosing adult ADHD: Targeted advertisements are part of a striking new trend pushing medications
By Margaret Sibley, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Washington As a woman in my 30s who was constantly typing “ADHD” into my computer, I had something interesting happen to me in 2021. I started receiving a wave of...
Occupying Taiwan: Opinions remain divided over what lessons China is learning from Russia’s failures
By Peter Rutland, Professor of Government, Wesleyan University U.S. defense strategists warn that China may use the distraction of the war in Ukraine to launch military action against Taiwan. They believe Chinese President Xi Jinping is determined to gain control over...
House Republicans push for Social Security “Death Panel” in latest attack on Middle-Class Americans
Progressives on September 19 sounded alarm over a proposal tucked into a new House GOP budget blueprint that would establish a commission to review and propose legislative changes to Social Security and Medicare. Nancy Altman, president of the advocacy group Social...
Moms for Liberty: How a group of anti-government conspiracists could impact the 2024 elections
By Shauna Shames, Associate Professor of Political Science, Rutgers University Motherhood language and symbolism have been part of every U.S. social movement, from the American Revolution to Prohibition and the fight against drunk drivers. Half of Americans are women,...
Constitutional revolution: Why a rightwing SCOTUS supermajority can rewrite our understanding of law
By Morgan Marietta, Professor of Political Science, University of Texas at Arlington In a 2006 episode of the television show “Boston Legal,” conservative lawyer Denny Crane asserted that he had a constitutional right to carry a concealed firearm: “And the Supreme...
Sexual Violence: How the United States could reduce a pervasive threat for female farm workers
By Kathleen Sexsmith, Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology, Penn State; Francisco Alfredo Reyes, Ph.D. Candidate in Rural Sociology & International Agriculture and Development, Penn State; and Megan A. M. Griffin, Student Community Engagement Specialist,...
Impeachment threat against Judge Protasiewicz seen as unlawful attempt to restore GOP’s balance of power
By Robert Yablon, Associate Professor of Law, Co-Director of the State Democracy Research Initiative, University of Wisconsin-Madison; and Derek Clinger, Senior Staff Attorney, State Democracy Research Initiative, University of Wisconsin-Madison Wisconsin’s April 2023...
Crappy little boats: USS Milwaukee part of Navy’s failed Littoral Combat Ship program that wasted billions
In July 2016, warships from more than two dozen nations gathered off the coasts of Hawaii and Southern California to join the United States in the world’s largest naval exercise. The United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Japan, South Korea, and others sent hundreds of...
Safety Crisis: How communities can fight back against oversized vehicles causing pedestrian deaths
By Kevin J. Krizek, Professor of Environmental Design, University of Colorado Boulder Deadly traffic incidents have declined in most developed countries in recent years. But in the U.S. they are becoming more common. Deaths in motor vehicle crashes rose more than 33%...
