New history of photography focuses on presidents
Credit: Book cover courtesy the University of Illinois Press. Obama image from an official White House photo by Pete Souza. ...
Tag: Political Science
1918 pandemic second wave had fatal consequences
Credit: Archive of the History of Medicine, University of Zurich In the event of a pandemic, delayed reactions and a ...
GW’s Program on Extremism tracking criminal cases linked to the attack on Capitol Hill
Credit: GW Program on Extremism WASHINGTON (Feb. 4, 2021)--The George Washington University Program on Extremism has continued to update a ...
Majority skeptical healthcare costs will fall anytime soon as Biden begins presidency
New West Health-Gallup survey finds new president faces a frustrated public reeling from pandemic, economic disruption and high healthcare costsCredit: ...
Natural hazard events and national risk reduction measures unconnected
Credit: Mikael Wallerstedt Countries where massive natural hazard events occur frequently are not more likely than others to make changes ...
The end of domestic wine in 17th century Japan
September 1632 document likely shows the order for the last batch of Japanese wine in the Edo periodCredit: Professor Tsuguharu ...
New center for nuclear disarmament for Uppsala University
Swedish Government's assigned todayCredit: Mikael Wallerstedt Today, the Swedish Government decided to assign to Uppsala University the task of setting ...
Collaborative Research Centre (SFB) ‘Practices of Comparing’ extended
German Research Foundation (DFG) supports network with 11.9 million euros in fundingCredit: Photo: Bielefeld University/S. Jonek The German Research Foundation ...
Some states may lack facilities for administering COVID-19 vaccine to residents
University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy and West Health Policy Center develop mapping-tool to identify counties where residents may face ...
Energy transition at the crossroads: New topical issue in Russian Journal of Economics
Credit: Viktor Vasnetsov; Tretyakov Gallery Titled "Energy transition at the crossroads", the new issue of the Russian Journal of Economics ...
Explained: Political polarization
Economic inequality can cause it; Reversing it is difficultCredit: University of Houston Political polarization - the ever-present and growing division ...
Living with autonomous systems “we can trust”
New report calls for greater input from society on future direction of autonomyCredit: The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) Autonomous systems ...
Electronic waste on the decline, new study finds
Older, bulkier electronics are disappearing from the waste stream, with ramifications for the future of e-waste recycling.Credit: Yale School of ...
Young people feel let down by politicians and media stereotypes, says new research
Credit: University of Huddersfield Decision-makers are failing to harness young people's potential to help shape pandemic responses, according to a ...
What does East Germany’s rise and fall have to do with pigs? A lot, actually
The communist state's approach to industrial pig farming foreshadowed its demise, a University of Rochester historian arguesCredit: University of Washington ...
Like fire and ice: Why societies are increasingly fragmenting
The phenomenal increase in social contacts leads inevitably to a filter bubble society and thus becomes a danger to democracy ...
Massive dataset reveals which governments have best responded to COVID-19 pandemic
Researchers study the ability of democracies to react to global crisisThe PPI measures public health government responses to COVID-19 at ...
Game ‘pre-bunks’ political misinformation by letting players undermine democracy
Credit: Gusmanson A short online game in which players are recruited as a "Chief Disinformation Officer", using tactics such as ...
Mobile phones help Americans encounter more diverse news
Thanks largely to mobile phones, Americans are reading news from a wider range of sources, though many do not read ...
Should secret voting be mandatory? ‘Yes” say political scientists in new book
Making voting more convenient does not combat low voter turnout but instead jeopardizes integrity of the ballotCredit: (University of Rochester ...