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Republicans are four times as likely as Democrats to say they’re not going to get the COVID-19 vaccine. What’s behind the polarization of who trusts or denies science?
The Mahanoy v. B.L. ruling did not give schools or free-speech advocates the clear lines they may have wanted, but it did attempt to address some of the complexity of modern-day speech.
Mexican philosophers have a word for the peculiar anxiety you may be feeling: ‘zozobra,’ a dizziness that arises from social disintegration.
After a year of unrest Chileans voted decisively on Oct. 25 to replace their constitution, a relic of the military dictator Pinochet. Civilians, half of them women, will write the new constitution.
On Oct. 25 Chile will decide whether to replace its dictatorship-era constitution with a new one written wholly by the Chilean people. The vote shows how protests can change the course of a nation.
The patterns of colonial spatial violence that played out in Ghanaian cities echo around the world.
Few white evangelicals in the U.S. say they believe in human-made climate change. This strand of science denial seems to have as much to do with conservative politics as the Bible’s teachings.
Científicos están investigando un posible vínculo entre el síndrome de Guillain-Barré y COVID-19 ya que este ha aparecido en pandemias anteriores con otros coronavirus como el SARS y el MERS.
As people file their taxes in a year where many are going through financial hardships brought on by COVID-19, a scholar argues that cheating on one’s taxes would still be morally wrong.
As if the symptoms of COVID-19 were not disturbing enough, physicians have noted a rare neurological condition that emerges during some severe cases of this viral infection.
Whether in situations relating to scientific consensus, economic history or current political events, denialism has its roots in what psychologists call ‘motivated reasoning.’
Plaintiffs in age discrimination cases often find it difficult to prove their cases. Now, a Supreme Court case could further undermine workplace protections available to victims.
Women with less income and less education may be hurt most by gender discrimination.
Whether in situations relating to scientific consensus, economic history or current political events, denialism has its roots in what psychologists call ‘motivated reasoning.’
We like to think there’s a silver lining to tragedy – and this may be influencing both how studies on post-traumatic growth are constructed and how subjects are responding.
Más de 1.000 universidades de cuatro años sin fines de lucro en Estados Unidos rechazan ahora la idea de que el resultado de un examen debe determinar el futuro de un estudiante.
A new study shows that facial recognition software assumes that black faces are angrier than white faces, even when they’re smiling.
After thousands of women spoke out against sexual harassment, scholars asked, does harassment affect women’s health? Their findings suggest that it does.
While people often want to cheat in certain cases if it would benefit them, they also want to think of themselves as honest. Here are three steps to stay honest while filing taxes.
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Assistant Professor of Politics & International Affairs, Wake Forest University
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Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Wake Forest University
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A. C. Reid Professor of Philosophy, Wake Forest University
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Wake Forest Professor of the Humanities, Wake Forest University
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Professor of Sociology, Wake Forest University
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Professor of Psychology & Senior Research Fellow, Program for Leadership and Character, Wake Forest University
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Orchestra Director and Assistant Professor of Music, Wake Forest University
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Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Wake Forest University
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Professor of Sociology, Wake Forest University
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Professor of Education, Wake Forest University
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Associate Professor of Law, Wake Forest University
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Professor of Law and Associate Dean for International Affairs, Wake Forest University
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Director of Environmental Law and Policy Clinic; Professor of Practice, Wake Forest University
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Professor of Biology, Wake Forest University
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Professor of Law, Wake Forest University
