Politics

Women face an uphill battle to political election, and they continue to confront barriers to success afterward. But the type of legislature in their states can make a difference.This post was originally published on this […]

Millions of U.S. students are returning this month to schools that are struggling with strained resources, immigration crackdowns and divisive culture war fights. Teachers are under intense pressure—and UC Berkeley scholar Travis J. Bristol says […]

The Australian legal system is grappling with a disruptive new movement that is not only tying up the courts, councils and police, but also posing an unprecedented threat to democracy.This post was originally published on […]

Psychologists have long considered how a tendency towards irrational thinking or particular personality traits might predict people’s interest in conspiracies. Yet these individual factors do not explain the group processes through which conspiracy theorists are […]

There were tens of thousands of human victims of coerced medical research under the German National Socialist regime. An important approach to processing these crimes involves raising awareness of the individual fates of those affected […]

U.S. states are increasingly adopting legislation to address substance use among pregnant and postpartum individuals. But a new study from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health finds that punitive laws are largely ineffective and […]

Australia has recently rolled out some of the world’s toughest laws aimed at curbing the youth vaping epidemic. But new research published in Tobacco Control demonstrates these crucial public health measures could be vulnerable unless […]

Several pieces of legislation across the world are coming into effect this year to tackle harms experienced online, such as the UK’s Online Safety Act and Australia’s Online Safety Act. There are also new standards, […]

California Jews are reporting significantly greater symptoms of depression and anxiety since the Hamas attacks on Israeli civilians in October 2023, according to a University of California, Davis, study.This post was originally published on this […]

A new study highlights how disruptions in classifieds impacted political coverage, creating opportunities for more extreme candidates.This post was originally published on this website.