How TV cultivates authoritarianism – and helped elect Trump
James Shanahan, Indiana University and Michael Morgan, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Many gallons of ink (and megabytes of electronic text) have been devoted to explaining...
Tourette syndrome: Finally, something to shout about
Michael Okun, University of Florida
Tourette syndrome is a mysterious medical curiosity that has puzzled doctors for more than a century. People who have it...
Not just for the poor: The crucial role of Medicaid in America’s health care...
Simon Haeder, West Virginia University
Despite many assertions to the contrary, Senate leaders are now saying they want to vote on the replacement bill for...
Why schools still can’t put segregation behind them
Derek Black, University of South Carolina
A federal district court judge has decided that Gardendale – a predominantly white city in the suburbs of Birmingham,...
The psychological benefits – and trappings – of nostalgia
Krystine Batcho, Le Moyne College
In his song “Time Was,” counterculture singer Phil Ochs reminisces about a past “when a man could build a home,...
Why taking down Confederate memorials is only a first step
Joshua F.J. Inwood, Pennsylvania State University and Derek H. Alderman, University of Tennessee
Recently the city of New Orleans removed several Confederate monuments from a...
How math education can catch up to the 21st century
Mary E. Pilgrim, Colorado State University and Thomas Dick, Oregon State University
In 1939, the fictional professor J. Abner Pediwell published a curious book called...
Mainstream media outlets are dropping the ball with terrorism coverage
Philip Seib, University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
News coverage of the Manchester terrorist attack was sadly familiar: cellphone videos of...
