People use mental shortcuts to make difficult decisions – even highly trained doctors delivering babies
By Manasvini Singh, Assistant Professor of Health EconomicsUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst Being a physician is a difficult job. They must...
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Nicaragua’s slide toward dictatorship is a concern for the region and the USA
By Kai M. Thaler Assistant Professor of Global Studies, University of California Santa Barbara Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega “won” a...
CASA MAMA: After setting the 1st stone…
The Gubernatura Nacional Indigena (GNI) met a great first milestone this year by setting the cinder block Corner Stone to...
Thousands of Indigenous and Aboriginal children’s graves found. Canadian Supreme Court orders reparations
By Ruthie DiTucci The Canadian human rights tribunal ruling has ordered the government of Canada to compensate indigenous children and...
How conservative comic Greg Gutfeld overtook Stephen Colbert in ratings to become the most popular late-night TV host
By Nick MarxAssociate Professor of Film and Media Studies, Colorado State University and,Matt SienkiewiczAssociate Professor of Communication and International Studies,...
TikTok, #BamaRush and the irresistible allure of mocking Southern accents
Kathryn CunninghamAssistant Professor of Theatre, University of Tennessee As college students across the country return to campuses grappling with the...
Before Shark Week and ‘Jaws,’ World War II spawned America’s shark obsession
Janet M. Davis University Distinguished Teaching Professor of American Studies, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts...
‘Cheating’s OK for me, but not for thee’ – inside the messy psychology of sexual double standards
David M. BussProfessor of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts Sexual double standards – in...
The ideal female body type is getting even harder to attain
Day after day, we’re bombarded with so many media messages that rarely do we stop to think about what they’re...
