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Domestic violence services have rightly focused most attention on meeting survivors’ needs. Increasingly, though, organizations are involving men and boys in domestic violence prevention.
Companies are flush with cash and profits and soon will have even more once the tax cut takes effect. So they can afford to be good again.
In a survey of 80 teens and college-aged Americans, most said they’d experienced physical or emotional distress before and after the 2016 presidential election.
Love may make the world go round, but sex keeps it going. There’s been a lot of discussion in recent months about the horrors of bad sex. But it’s important to remember that good sex is good for us.
Seventy years after the end of World War II, a battle is taking place over Polish collective memory.
These terms are often used interchangeably by the public, and though the concepts are overlapping, there are important distinctions.
French companies will no longer be ‘forbidden to fail’ and ‘forbidden to succeed,’ the French president tells the World Economic Forum.
The flu is not only making millions of people sick this year. It’s causing fear and, along with it, a lot of confusion. Should you get a flu shot? Should you see the doctor? An expert advises.
In the coming year, media companies will be adjusting to a new reality – one that ultimately leaves consumers with fewer choices.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has rejected a Trump administration proposal to reward coal and nuclear power plants for storing fuel on-site, as a way to make the power system more reliable.
Children’s savings account programs are springing up around the country. A researcher says these special accounts could help pave the way to college for America’s poor.
We asked four of our regular economics writers to examine a key theme they expect to flare up in 2018 and why.
Historically, wishful thinking has blunted pushback.
An analysis of media coverage provides lessons for how to move the climate debate forward and other highly polarized issues.
Attention is being placed on sexual harassment and assault in the workplace, but sexual assault occurs in intimate relationships, too. Often, the causes are the same – a desire for power.
Disney recently announced a forthcoming streaming service, leading some to wonder if the company is gearing up for a battle with Netflix. But not all streaming services are locked in a death match.
Far from dispelling the notion among Americans that the system is ‘rigged’ against them, Republican tax plans are more likely to make matters worse.
Should police be able to use cellphone records to track suspects – and law-abiding citizens?
What if the world really got serious about meeting global climate goals? Doing the math on current emissions and the pace of energy transitions shows how quickly fossil fuels need to be phased out.
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Doctoral Candidate in Movement Science, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan
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Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor of Practice of Public Policy, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Michigan
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Research Professor, Michigan Transportation Research Institute, University of Michigan
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Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan
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Research Professor at the Center for Political Studies, University of Michigan
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Assistant Professor of Information, University of Michigan
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Clinical Assistant Professor and Director of Digital Academic Initiatives (University of Michigan Law School) | Visiting Lecturer (University of Chicago Law School) | Visiting Lecturer (UCLA School of Law), University of Michigan
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Research Investigator at the Survey Research Center at the Institute of Social Research, University of Michigan
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Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan
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Assistant Professor of Business Law, University of Michigan
