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Cutting NSF Is Like Liquidating Your Finest Investment
Look closely at your mobile phone or tablet. Touch-screen technology, speech recognition, digital sound recording and the internet were all...
Read moreValentin-Yves Mudimbe, 1941-2025: The Philosopher on the ‘Invention’ of Africa
Congolese thinker, philosopher and linguist Valentin-Yves Mudimbe died on April 21, 2025 at the age of 83. He was in...
Read moreBanning Social Media Won’t Solve Teen Misogyny
In this month’s issue of The Evidence newsletter, Josephine Lethbridge discusses the rise of teen misogyny, highlighting the impact of...
Read morePope Francis, Human Dignity, and the Right to Stay, Migrate and Return
Pope Francis devoted his Message for World Day of Migrants and Refugees in 2023 to the “right” or “freedom” to...
Read moreBruce Hood on the Science of Happiness
Are university students unhappy? We won’t generalize, but many are, and this was something Bruce Hood noted. Being an experimental...
Read moreChristopher Jencks, 1936-2025: An Innovative Voice on Inequality
Christopher Jencks, known for his novel and inventive opinions on hot topic issues like income inequality, homelessness, and racial gaps...
Read moreRosanna Smart Featured at Mark Kleiman Innovation for Public Policy Memorial Lecture
Economist Rosanna Smart, a professor of policy analysis at the Pardee RAND Graduate School, will be the featured speaker at...
Read moreMapping the Connections: Understanding the Network of Social Science Editors-in-Chief
A new study on the connections between editors-in-chief in the social sciences reveals significant geographical and gender imbalances in editorial...
Read moreFrom Regression to Reflection: A Mixed-Methods Journey
In the words of Brené Brown, “The clean lines of quantitative research appealed to me, but I fell in love with...
Read moreFrom Isolation to Impact: Tackling the Emotional Toll of Ethnographic Research in Business and Society
In this article, Lorenzo Skade discusses the emotional difficulties encountered by early-career researchers involved in ethnographic studies within the business...
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AIPAC Strategy Backfires as Progressive Underdog Wins Key House Race in New Jersey
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Read moreWe’ve Never Agreed About George Washington and Slavery
Removing a slavery exhibit in Philadelphia revives a 250-year-old American debate.
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