A significant portion of teenagers' social development happens online. The risks are well known, but the benefits of peer support are often overlooked.
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Student loan debt can affect not only the financial health of recent grads but also their mental and emotional health. Three scholars weigh in on the greater costs student loans can have on borrowers.
The U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether a ban on the third-party collection of mail-in ballots is legal. The practice is allowed in 26 states.
Long overlooked in the West, the Byzantine Empire has recently picked up interest among far-right and conspiracist circles. A historian of medieval culture explains what white supremacists get wrong.
The global pandemic caused an unprecedented drop in global emissions. But this is likely to rebound as economies start to recover.
Different groups carried their own symbols at the riot, but they all share a common idea.
Onlookers who recognized the flag wondered why the mostly white mob had 'coopted' Vietnamese history. But Vietnamese Americans are Trump supporters, too, some driven by a potent fear of socialism.
Mink, the first woman of color in Congress, brought a racially and historically aware brand of feminism into lawmaking and ran for president in 1972. But women's history largely overlooks her.
Tolerating inquiry is essential even if there are such things as questions no one should ask.
Agriculture is the dominant cause for the increasing N₂O concentrations. Emissions must be reduced if we hope to stabilise Earth's climate.
The advocates of friendship as a way to solve America's partisan divide are wrong. There are more effective ways to tackle intractable political problems.
Hydrogen is hailed as a new clean fuel, but little attention has been paid to the potential environmental challenges presented by the energy shift.
The pandemic response has put the long-term health and well-being of children and adolescents at risk, with the possibility of seismic shifts in population health if we do not act.
Similarities between the 1930s and today are hard to ignore, but Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal teaches us that several developments have to coincide to generate a lasting social safety net.
The bankruptcy system has always been difficult to navigate, especially for minorities and other vulnerable groups. The pandemic is making it a lot harder.
Shortages of face masks may grow worse as state-wide lockdowns end. An economist suggests price controls.
A nationally mandated quarantine isn't keeping Colombia's armed groups at home. Despite calls for a ceasefire, they are still killing activists, threatening humanitarian workers and seizing aid.
Water is essential for health, economic well-being and social equity, but too many people around the world still don't have access to clean drinking water and sanitation.
The very first scientific horse race poll, which took place 85 years ago, was shrouded in secrecy and may have changed history – even though it was faulty.
Less overt than conventional military actions, cyber attacks can have dangerous consequences – especially when they target critical infrastructure systems controlled by the private sector.
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Research Professor of Economics, University of California, Irvine
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Graduate Student Researcher, University of California, Irvine
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Professor of Psychological Science, University of California, Irvine
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Professor of Law, University of California, Irvine
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Professor Urban Planning & Public Policy and Political Science, Director of Water UCI, University of California, Irvine
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Professor of Sociology, University of California, Irvine
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Professor of Sociology , University of California, Irvine
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Professor of Asian American Studies and Director of the UCI Humanities Institute, University of California, Irvine
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Associate Professor of Global and International Studies, University of California, Irvine
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Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of California, Irvine
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Distinguished Professor of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine
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Chancellor's Professor of Law and Political Science, University of California, Irvine
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Professor, University of California, Irvine
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PhD Candidate, Political Science, University of California, Irvine
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Professor of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine
