Texas floods highlight need to reform key insurance program
James P Howard, II, University of Baltimore
This article is part of The Conversation’s series this month on hurricanes. You can read the rest of...
Why mental health treatment is not an easy solution to violence
Sarah Desmarais, North Carolina State University
In the wake of mass shootings and other tragedies, a frequent refrain is: Why don’t we get those dangerous...
Why hazing continues to be a rite of passage for some
Hank Nuwer, Franklin College
This fall has seen another tragic death due to hazing. Maxwell Gruver, an 18-year-old Phi Delta Theta pledge at Louisiana State...
This obsession with parenting is out of control
By Charlotte Faircloth, University of Kent
Not long ago, an email went around some of the academic lists I subscribe to entitled “New parenting study...
‘Extreme altruists’ motivated by gut instinct: study
By Penny Orbell, The Conversation
If you noticed a person in grave danger would you act first and think later in order to save them?...
Cool to be a nerd: why the highly educated Australian Sochi team?
By Martin Doulton, Monash University
The Australian team currently gathered in Sochi, Russia for the Winter Games is probably the most highly educated team of...
As Iowa goes, so goes the nation – maybe
By Timothy Hagle, University of Iowa
Every four years Iowa begins the presidential nomination process with the Iowa Caucuses.
The start of caucus season is also...
After the handshake, Cuba has lots to do to normalize relations
By Marifeli Perez-Stable, Florida International University
No US president ever said what President Obama told the American people on December 17, 2014. He also spoke...
