Australia says social media ban will not age test all users

Aspiring autocrats are increasingly pressuring businesses to cooperate with their quest for wealth and power, such as by demanding they direct corporate funds towards their personal enrichment or fire personnel who are critical of them.This [...]

In a world of multiple upsetting events, from natural disasters to civil wars, terrorist attacks stand out as particularly alarming. They are surprising, brutal, and generally target the seemingly innocent. Terrorist groups rely on the [...]

In November 2016, India’s government abruptly invalidated its two highest-value banknotes, wiping out about 86% of the nation’s cash supply overnight. Known as the Great Indian Demonetization, the move was intended to curb corruption and [...]

Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) adolescents, especially girls, face disproportionately high rates of sexual violence compared to their peers in Hawaiʻi, according to a new University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa study.This post was originally [...]

A new study led by Professor Diego Garzia of the University of Lausanne, published in Public Opinion Quarterly, reveals a major shift in electoral motivation. In many Western democracies, voters are now more driven by [...]

The issue of citizens’ defense willingness has gained renewed urgency in the wake of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. For small and medium-sized states, which rely on whole-of-society defense efforts, such willingness is [...]

Republican-leaning economists tend to predict stronger economic growth when a Republican is president than Democrats do—and because of this partisan optimism, their forecasts end up being less accurate.This post was originally published on this site

A new study has found that demand for jobs could be just as important as skill level in how people feel about immigration.This post was originally published on this site

Days of unrest in Nepal have resulted in the ousting of a deeply unpopular government and the deaths of at least 50 people.This post was originally published on this site

Government scholars Suzanne Mettler and Trevor Brown both grew up in rural communities—and both were struck by how divided those small towns became.This post was originally published on this site