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It’s an almost universally accepted truth that walking in well-lit areas is safer. But Aaron Chalfin, associate professor of criminology in Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences; John MacDonald, criminology professor and director of the […]

New research suggests that trying to change people’s climate habits won’t hurt support for big picture solutions.This post was originally published on this site

A study in Management Science finds that public charities with corporate directors on their boards are significantly more likely to lobby on behalf of the connected firms’ political interests. More to the point, the research […]

The spread of illegally manufactured fentanyl has driven overdose deaths to unprecedented levels in the United States and Canada. It has also changed the production function for drug traffickers, most notably by radically reducing the […]

There is no popular support for imposing trade tariffs in Europe—not even in response to Trump’s trade policies. This is according to a new study based on responses from 5,500 people in Germany and the […]

“The European Green Deal is something we owe to our children because we do not own this planet.” These words date back to a few days before Christmas 2019. They defined Ursula Von Der Leyen’s […]

When a politician uses emotionality on social media to engage with his or her constituents, two things happen. One is that the politician sees an increase in engagement with individual constituents and then at scale. […]

Detroit is seeing decline in violent crime, but 33% more young people were victims of gun violence in the city so far in 2025 compared with the previous year, according to local police.This post was […]

A new study published in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior has found that discontinuing universal free school meal (UFSM) policies significantly increases school meal debt, student stigma, and declines in participation. The research, […]