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Former mob boss John Stanfa, pictured here in 1980, waged a bloody war for control of the Philadelphia mafia in the late 1990s. Bettmann via Getty Images

How mobsters’ own words brought down Philly’s mafia − a veteran...

George Anastasia, Rowan University The bloody mob war that is the focus of the new Netflix series “Mob War:...

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Jennifer Weeks, The Conversation Brazil’s president-elect, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, was greeted with applause and cheers when he...

Insurance fraud costs $309 billion a year – nearly $1,000 for...

Michael Skiba, Colorado State University Global CC BY-ND What would you do with an extra...

‘West Side Story’ may be timeless – but life in gangs...

David Pyrooz, University of Colorado Boulder; James Densley, Metropolitan State University , and Scott H. Decker, Arizona State University

How the mafia uses violence to control politics

Gianmarco Daniele, Bocconi University Italy is not the only country with an organized crime problem. But movies and TV shows like “Scarface,” “The Godfather” and...

In Brazil, religious gang leaders say they’re waging a holy war

Robert Muggah, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) The expression “evangelical drug trafficker” may sound incongruous, but in Rio de Janeiro, it’s...

Sent to Haiti to keep the peace, departing UN troops leave...

Siobhán Wills, University of Ulster; Cahal McLaughlin, Queen's University Belfast, and Ilionor Louis, Université d'Etat d'Haiti On Oct. 15, 2017, the United Nations will withdraw...

The world is facing a global sand crisis

Aurora Torres, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research; Jianguo "Jack" Liu, Michigan State University; Jodi Brandt, Boise State University, and Kristen Lear, University of...

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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