Tag: civil rights
The psychology behind anti-trans legislation: How cognitive biases shape thoughts and policy
Julia Standefer, Iowa State University and L. Alison Phillips, Iowa State University
A state law signed Feb. 28, 2025,...
Survey shows immigrants in Florida – even US citizens – are...
Elizabeth Aranda, University of South Florida; Deborah Omontese, University of South Florida; Elizabeth Vaquera, George Washington University; Emely Matos Pichardo, University of...
What to do if your vote is challenged: Practical advice from...
Karen Figueroa-Clewett, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
With the general election drawing close, it’s important to...
From sit-ins in the 1960s to uprisings in the new millennium,...
Jelani M. Favors, North Carolina A&T State University
Of all the contributions for which Harry Belafonte will be remembered,...
Harry Belafonte leveraged stardom for social change, his powerful voice always...
Aram Goudsouzian, University of Memphis
In May 1963, as civil rights demonstrations rocked the city of Birmingham, Alabama, Harry...
How video evidence is presented in court can hold sway in...
Sandra Ristovska, University of Colorado Boulder
Body camera and surveillance footage depicting the Jan. 7, 2023, fatal beating of...
4.3 trillion readers can’t be wrong – why The Onion’s defence...
Stephen Skalicky, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
If you’ve read, watched and enjoyed the work of...
The fight against school segregation began in South Carolina, long before...
Roy Jones, Clemson University
When it comes to the case of Brown v. Board of Education, the 1954 Supreme...
EXPLORING NATURE
Young bats learn to be discriminating when listening for their next meal
Logan S. James, The University of Texas at Austin; Rachel Page, Smithsonian Institution, and Ximena Bernal, Purdue University
It...
