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Our experiments taught us why people troll

  • Written by Justin Cheng, Ph.D Student in Computer Science, Stanford University
imageTrolling can spread from person to person.Cropped from Ayana T. Miller/flickr, CC BY-ND

“Fail at life. Go bomb yourself.”

Comments like this one, found on a CNN article about how women perceive themselves, are prevalent today across the internet, whether it’s Facebook, Reddit or a news website. Such behavior can range from...

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The truth about Obama's economic legacy and Trump's inheritance

  • Written by Christian Weller, Professor of Public Policy and Public Affairs, University of Massachusetts Boston

President Donald Trump has been trashing the economy and his predecessor’s legacy lately.

For example, in his free-wheeling Feb. 16 press conference, Trump said he “inherited a mess” from President Barack Obama. His newly minted Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin followed suit a week later by telling the Wall Street Journal that...

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Why do some countries disapprove of homosexuality? Money, democracy and religion

  • Written by Amy Adamczyk, Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice, City University of New York
imageGay pride – but not everywhere. bensonkua/flickr, CC BY-SA

With Trump’s removal of federal protections for transgender students, debate over LGBTQ rights rage again across the U.S.

Despite these disagreements, Americans are relatively liberal compared to countries across the world, where the consequences for gay or transgender citizens...

Read more: Why do some countries disapprove of homosexuality? Money, democracy and religion

How to talk climate change across the aisle: Focus on adaptive solutions rather than causes

  • Written by Thomas Bateman, Professor of Management, University of Virginia
imageWill talk of adapting to climate change be less polarizing politically? Faced with rising seas, Miami is adapting by raising its roads. AP Photo/Lynne Sladky

Conversations about climate change often derail into arguments about whether global warming exists, whether climate change is already happening, the extent to which human activity is a cause...

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Does empathy have limits? Depends on whom you ask

  • Written by C. Daryl Cameron, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Research Associate in the Rock Ethics Institute, Pennsylvania State University
imageWhy do we lack empathy in certain situations?PROFrancisco Schmidt, CC BY-NC

Is it possible to run out of empathy?

That’s the question many are asking in the wake of the U.S. presidential election. Thousands have marched on streets and airports to encourage others to expand their empathy for women, minorities and refugees. Others have argued...

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Can Ben Carson use the power of HUD to make America happier?

  • Written by Justin Hollander, Associate Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Tufts University
imageBen Carson laughs, Jan. 12, 2017. AP Photo/Zach Gibson

With the full Senate scheduled to vote on Ben Carson’s nomination to lead the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, it is worth considering one question that must be on Carson’s mind: Is HUD working?

There can be no question that HUD has enormous impact. With an annual...

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Trump's address to Congress: Expert reaction

  • Written by Jordan Tama, Assistant Professor of International Relations, American University School of International Service

Editor’s note: President Donald Trump gave his first address to a joint session of Congress on Feb. 28. The speech featured policy ideas that appealed to Republicans, and others that sounded more Democratic. We asked scholars to react to the substance of the speech and evaluate its tone for hints of bipartisanship.

Is there any hope for...

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Edible marijuana: What we need to know

  • Written by Margie Skeer, Assistant Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University
imageSmaller-dose pot-infused brownies are divided and packaged at The Growing Kitchen in Boulder, Co. AP Photo/Brennan Linsley

Marijuana-infused foods – often called edibles – are becoming more and more popular in states such as Colorado, where recreational marijuana is sold.

In the first quarter of 2014, the first year recreational sales...

Read more: Edible marijuana: What we need to know

Dealing with hate: Can America's truth and reconciliation commissions help?

  • Written by Joshua F.J. Inwood, Associate Professor of Geography Senior Research Associate in the Rock Ethics Institute, Pennsylvania State University

Recent vandalism in Jewish cemeteries in St. Louis and Philadelphia illustrates the all too real problem of hate crime faced by many communities in the United States.

Just this February, the Southern Poverty Law Center found that for the second year in a row the number of hate groups in the United States has been growing – up from 892 in 2015...

Read more: Dealing with hate: Can America's truth and reconciliation commissions help?

Japan's gender-bending history

  • Written by Jennifer Robertson, Professor of Anthropology and Art History, University of Michigan
imageGenking, a male-born Japanese TV personality and 'genderless' pioneer. _genking_/Instagram

I’m an anthropologist who grew up in Japan and has lived there, off and on, for 22 years. Yet every visit to Tokyo’s Harajuku District still surprises me. In the eye-catching styles modeled by fashion-conscious young adults, there’s a...

Read more: Japan's gender-bending history

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