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Ilhan Omar Embarks on New Path No Longer Defined by ‘Firsts’
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Ilhan Omar Embarks on New Path No Longer Defined by ‘Firsts’

President Joe Biden was winding up for a speech at a Minnesota clean energy facility when he spotted a lawmaker in the crowd whom he wanted to recognize. “I want to thank you for being here,” Biden said, gesturing toward Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar during his recent visit. “You never stop working to level the playing field...

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Correspondence Shows Troubling Interactions Between U.S. Officials and the Alcohol Industry

Growing evidence exists that the alcohol industry uses a variety of strategies to influence public policy in a way that is advantageous to its own corporate interests, rather than the interest of public health. Recent communication between employees of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) and alcohol industry groups shows extensive interaction...

USC Study Reveals the Key Reason Why Fake News Spreads on Social Media
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USC Study Reveals the Key Reason Why Fake News Spreads on Social Media

USC researchers may have found the biggest influencer in the spread of fake news: social platforms’ structure of rewarding users for habitually sharing information. The team’s findings, published Tuesday by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, upend popular misconceptions that misinformation spreads because users lack the critical thinking skills necessary for discerning truth from falsehood or...

Evidence About Gun Policies Grows and Supports Laws to Reduce Violence
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Evidence About Gun Policies Grows and Supports Laws to Reduce Violence

There is now supportive evidence that child-access-prevention laws reduce firearm homicides and self-injuries among youth, and that shall-issue concealed-carry laws and stand-your-ground laws increase levels of firearm violence, according to a new RAND Corporation report. The findings are part of a new report updating RAND’s Science of Gun Policy research synthesis, which reviewed the existing scientific literature...

Political Orientation — Not Party — Predicts Political Tolerance
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Political Orientation — Not Party — Predicts Political Tolerance

In an age of high political polarization in the United States, the popular narrative often focuses on an “us versus them” battle between the two major political parties, each accusing the other of intolerance. But new research shows that political affiliation and its relationship to political tolerance is more nuanced. Social scientists Christoper Garneau and Philip Schwadel...

More U.S. Adults Carrying Loaded Handguns Daily
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More U.S. Adults Carrying Loaded Handguns Daily

The number of U.S. adult handgun owners carrying a loaded handgun on their person doubled from 2015 to 2019, according to new research led by the University of Washington (UW). Data come from the 2019 National Firearms Survey (NFS), an online survey of U.S. adults living in households with firearms, including nearly 2,400 handgun owners....

Massive Turnout in Defense of Mexico’s Electoral Authority
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Massive Turnout in Defense of Mexico’s Electoral Authority

Tens of thousands of people packed the Mexican capital’s main boulevard Sunday to protest President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s proposal to overhaul the country’s electoral authority in the largest demonstration against one of the president’s efforts during his nearly four years in office. The massive turnout was a strong rebuke of the president’s assertion that...

New Study Shows How Voting Methods Affect Group Decision-Making
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New Study Shows How Voting Methods Affect Group Decision-Making

When groups of people need to reach a decision, they will often take a straw poll to test opinions before the official vote. New research from the University of Washington shows that one specific voting method proved more effective than others in identifying the best choice. In a study published September 28 in Academy of Management...

Revisiting Government-Backed Migration Policy Decades Later: A Potential Marginalization of Native Communities in Today’s World?
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Revisiting Government-Backed Migration Policy Decades Later: A Potential Marginalization of Native Communities in Today’s World?

Transmigration programs are known to have relocated millions of people from the centers of domestic economies to the national geographical peripheries to support a more equitable resource distribution. The practice is salient to the nation-building process in many developing countries, most notably in Indonesia, dating back to the 1905 Dutch settlement programs pre-independence. The transmigration...