Tag: Barack Obama
When does trash talking work?
Karen C.P. McDermott, University of Connecticut
The Abstract features interesting research and the people behind it.
Karen C.P. McDermott recently completed a study on trash talk,...
People who win big prizes shouldn’t get taxed when they give...
Ellen P. Aprill, Loyola Law School Los Angeles
When former President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, he didn’t keep the approximately...
Teaching hope during the 2020 campaign season
Sarah Stitzlein, University of Cincinnati
The 2020 presidential election campaign has already started.
Election campaigns inspire hope, but they can also quickly lead to political...
Why women still earn a lot less than men
Michele Gilman, University of Baltimore
A decade ago, on Jan. 29, 2009, newly inaugurated President Barack Obama signed his first bill into law: the Lilly...
George H.W. Bush laid the foundation for education reform
Jack Schneider, University of Massachusetts Lowell
George H.W. Bush fulfilled his desire – articulated late in his 1988 campaign for president – to be “the...
Why we’ll miss George H.W. Bush, America’s last foreign policy president
James Goldgeier, American University School of International Service
There are many reasons to miss George H.W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States. A...
Why are some Americans changing their names?
Kirsten Fermaglich, Michigan State University
In 2008, Newsweek published an article on then-presidential candidate Barack Obama titled “From Barry to Barack.”
The story explained how Obama’s...
Could Andrew Gillum be the next governor of Florida?
Sharon Austin, University of Florida
Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum electrified Democrats with his surprising victory in the Florida’s Democratic primary – but will he go...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
