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As capitalism’s image crumbles, many of the world’s biggest companies are trying to give it new life by showing it can mean more than just making money.
Hispanic Americans make up just 4.3% of executive positions. They are 17% of the labor force, the largest of any racial minority group.
Apakah pembunuhan yang dilakukan AS terhadap jenderal Iran melanggar hukum internasional? Bagaimana dengan serangan Iran terhadap pangkalan militer AS di Irak?
The US and other countries set up the modern system of international law after World War II. Does the US killing of an Iranian general violate those laws? What about Iran’s attack on US bases in Iraq?
Along with climate change and drought, invasive grasses are promoting wildfires across the US, even in areas that don’t normally burn.
There’s a very simple way to give Medicare to all: delete six words from the legislation that created the program in 1965.
Decarbonizing the global economy would help the climate change problem – but also many others. Would putting all those additional co-benefits center stage help drum up support for climate action?
With the opening of a synagogue in Dubai and warmer relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel, some Arab states suddenly appear to be more open to friendship with Israel and Jews. Why?
Once hunted into corners of North America, black bears have expanded across the continent since the early 1900s. But bears that end up living near people aren’t seeking close encounters.
Two social scientists investigate why working-class white men are particularly receptive to President Trump’s racist and anti-immigrant messages.
A new kind of capitalism is emerging in which companies value communities, the environment and workers just as much as profits. Even the Business Roundtable agrees.
Masker muka dari kain murah yang dikenakan oleh banyak orang di negara-negara berkembang yang sangat tercemar, ternyata hanya menawarkan perlindungan parsial.
Are health risks from air pollution less serious than we think? Mainstream scientists call this a fringe view, but it’s getting high-level attention at the Environmental Protection Agency.
Brief exposure to a family of chemicals used as flame retardants early in life can permanently alter fat levels in the blood and liver, raising the risk of liver cancer and heart disease.
A series of new studies sheds light on the population crash and extinction of the giant birds, lemurs and more that roamed the island until around A.D. 700-1000.
President Trump says that the white working class is being pushed out of the job market. But that doesn’t seem to be true for the best-paying blue-collar jobs.
Live performances account for more than 40 percent of their income, while profits from streaming and record sales amount to only 5 percent of their earnings.
The longtime prime minister has reshaped Israel in profound ways. The military is stronger but Palestinian suffering has grown.
Henry W. Grady wanted to promote northern investment in the South – and he was willing to ignore lynchings and the exploitation of black labor.
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PhD Student, Political Science, UMass Amherst
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Chair, Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies, and Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Public Policy, UMass Amherst
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Associate Professor of Political Science and Legal Studies, UMass Amherst
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Professor of Practice, Nonprofit Organizations; Social & Environmental Enterprises, UMass Amherst
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Associate Professor, Political Science, UMass Amherst
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Department Chair and Professor of Sociology, UMass Amherst
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PhD candidate in Economics, UMass Amherst
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Provost Professor of Sociology and Public Policy, UMass Amherst
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Associate Professor of Political Science and Computational Social Science, UMass Amherst
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Associate Director, Climate System Research Center and Associate Professor of Climatology, UMass Amherst
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Professor of Legal Studies and Political Science, UMass Amherst
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Associate Professor of Global Digital Media, UMass Amherst
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Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering, UMass Amherst
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Provost Professor of Political Science and Director of the UMass Amherst Poll, UMass Amherst
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Professor (Full) of Watershed Management, Water Resources, Water Quality, Ecohydrology, Complex Systems, Ecological Economics, and Sustainability., UMass Amherst
