Tag: quick reads
How to put data to work in your neighborhood
Stephanie Shipp, Virginia Tech; Catherine Woteki, Iowa State University; Sallie Keller, Virginia Tech, and Sarah M. Nusser, Iowa State University
Every day, city governments collect...
Who are the Baha’is and why are they so persecuted?
Zackery M. Heern, Idaho State University
The Baha'is are among the most persecuted religious minorities in the world.
In Iran, where the religion was founded, universities...
Why Silicon Valley wants you to text and drive
Jack Barkenbus, Vanderbilt University
As self-driving cars come closer to being common on American roads, much of the rhetoric promoting them has to do with...
Learning by giving: How today’s students can become tomorrow’s philanthropists
Jodi Benenson, University of Nebraska Omaha; David Campbell, Binghamton University, State University of New York, and Lindsey McDougle, Rutgers University Newark
If someone asked...
Will Puerto Ricans return home after Hurricane María?
Alexis R. Santos-Lozada, Pennsylvania State University
Even before this year’s devastating hurricane season, the team of demographers I work with at Penn State and the...
Why Hurricane Harvey donors shouldn’t boycott the Red Cross
Brian Mittendorf, The Ohio State University
As with all natural disasters, the public and the business world have reacted with an outpouring of aid for...
Misleading statements on Russia meeting recall Clinton’s impeachment
Clark D. Cunningham, Georgia State University
According to a biographer of Donald Trump, “He’s been lying his whole life, almost reflexively.”
Now, President Trump may be...
Is Trump actually popular in Poland?
Brian Porter-Szücs, University of Michigan
As Donald Trump began speaking in Warsaw at noon on July 6, I was sitting in my apartment a few...
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
