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By Sara Wilf, PhD student in social welfare, University of California, Los Angeles; Elena Maker Castro, Doctoral Candidate, University of California, Los Angeles; and Taina Quiles, PhD candidate, University of Virginia Immigrants’ political power is on the rise in the...

By Ali Alizadeh, Senior Lecturer in Literary Studies and Creative Writing, Monash University Progress, the German philosopher Walter Benjamin once wrote, is a storm. The winds that propel us forward also uproot and tear apart what we leave behind. The modern world is...

By Madeline Steiner, Postdoctoral Fellow of History, University of South Carolina The scary clown has become a horror staple. Featuring Art the Clown as the main villain, Damien Leone’s recent film “Terrifier 2” is so gruesome that there were reports of viewers...

Since time immemorial, the con artist’s sucker pitch to his targets has been the same. “You are special: you are savvier, more clear-sighted, more clued-in than the average clod, and because I like you so much, I’m gonna let you in on a little secret...

By Ian Anson, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Maryland, Baltimore County As statewide primaries continue through the summer, many Americans are beginning to think about which candidates they will support in the 2022 general election. This...

By Lauren Finka, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Animal Behaviour and Welfare, Nottingham Trent University There are many valid theories to explain the global appeal of cats, including our obsession with watching videos of them online. In terms of cats’ pure...

By Ann Hemingway, Professor of Public Health and Wellbeing, Bournemouth University We have all heard of the psychotherapy couch, and the dynamic between a client and their human therapist. But perhaps less well known is the increasingly popular pet therapy. It is not...

By Madeleine S. Killacky, PhD Candidate, Medieval Literature, Bangor University To “doodle” means to draw or scrawl aimlessly, and the history of the word goes back to the early 20th century. Scribbling haphazard words, squiggly lines and mini-drawings, however, is a...

It garnered little notice, but New Zealand, half a world away from the events of January 6th, has designated the Proud Boys as a terrorist organization, making it “illegal to fund, recruit or participate in the groups, and obligating authorities to take action...

By Sophie Bjork-James, Assistant Professor of the Practice in Anthropology, Vanderbilt University White Nationalists keep showing up in the hearings of the U.S. House committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection. Evidence is mounting that white...

Ever since claims of election fraud arose in 2020, Wisconsin has seen its share of quixotic attempts to taint the presidential results. A group of phony electors tried to claim the state’s electoral votes for Donald Trump. Wisconsin’s top lawmaker launched a yearlong...

By Anthony Ricciardi, Professor of Biology, Redpath Museum & Bieler School of Environment, McGill University Freshwater ecosystems are threatened by a host of environmental stressors from human activities. Among the most insidious and impactful of these is...