A new study has found that mass shootings and deaths by suicide in the United States share seasonal patterns, reaching their highest levels during summer months. Analyzing national data spanning 2014–2021, researchers observed consistent summertime […]
Puerto Ricans share deep skepticism toward elected officials and a widespread sense of limited self-governance, according to a new study from the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research and the University of Puerto Rico-Río […]
Bureaucracy moves slowly, and decades of outdated provisions clogging the bylaws of cities and states only make it worse. Sometimes dubbed “policy sludge,” such obsolete processes and stale reporting requirements can trap civil servants in […]
Researchers at the University of Huddersfield have developed a new theoretical framework exploring whether social media recommendation systems may contribute to the amplification of narcissistic traits over time.This post was originally published on this site
In January 2025, the Trump administration announced a 90-day freeze on all United States government (USG) foreign aid, which subsequently became a permanent shutdown of USAID in July 2025. New research finds that the abrupt […]
Positive crowd reactions like applause and laughter can make controversial political messages more acceptable to viewers, according to new research by psychologist Dr. Carl Senior at Aston University. The research suggests that how broadcasters and […]
Social networks, intended to bring people together, can actually increase polarization, new research finds, because while the links in the network may be plentiful, they’re probably weak. A research team including Cornell sociologist Michael Macy […]
Droughts have an immediate negative impact on agricultural production, but they can also trigger institutional and cultural transformations that help make societies more resilient to environmental crises. This is the main conclusion of the article […]
Recent U.S. Supreme Court terms have seen justices openly accuse one another of rewriting statutes, ignoring precedent and substituting policy preferences for law. Whether in disputes over presidential immunity, administrative power, nationwide injunctions or transgender […]
A new paper published in Global Strategy Journal develops a geopolitical-economic order framework suggesting that the extent of geopolitical competition incentivizes states to create one of two types of economic order: a market-based order built […]
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