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Self-proclaimed gluten sensitivity is on the rise, and so is the stereotype that it goes along with being a politically correct progressive. But is gluten actually a good proxy for social values?
In the United States, liberals and conservatives do not only differ politically. They also live separate lives in the physical world.
US history is filled with instances where one partisan side charges that the other side’s positions will lead to national ruin. Now, both sides accuse the other of betraying their country.
Are Democrats or Republicans more caring about others? One study of the role compassion plays in politics provides some surprising answers. And then there were the outliers: Trump voters.
Beneath the surface, this traditionally conservative state is closely divided.
The way people use social media – and the algorithms inside those systems – increases passions, and drives people to polarizing extremes.
To watch the Trump presidency unfold is to behold the crumbling of a political culture.
Thoreau spent his life pursuing the ‘hard bottom’ of truth. But he confronted a sensationalist newspaper industry that, in many ways, mimicked today’s media environment.
Political and community leaders must act now to preserve the American middle class and adapt the US economy for the 21st century.
The research community tends to assume advocacy doesn’t mix with objectivity. One study suggests there’s room for scientists to make real-world recommendations without compromising their trusted status.
Our morals compel us toward helping our team win. This can turn even otherwise innocuous decisions into ‘us vs. them.’
If someone sees or hears something they don’t want to believe…they probably won’t believe it.
Former prime minister Kevin Rudd writes of Australia having lost its national bearings and being powerless to act to find its way in the world.
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Professor of American Studies, University College Dublin
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Director of External Research for frank, College of Journalism and Communications, University of Florida
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Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Indiana University Kokomo
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Research Director, Center for Public Interest Communications, College of Journalism and Communications, University of Florida
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Associate Professor of Government, Bowdoin College
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W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University
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