Society & Politics

As debates over the U.S. Supreme Court’s legitimacy and role intensifies, a new study co-authored by a University of Massachusetts Amherst researcher reveals that white Americans’ racial attitudes have become a powerful predictor of how […]

Well-intentioned employer-paid maternity leave policies may be the catalyst for the unintended consequence of costing women jobs in the technology workforce instead of boosting their participation, according to a study in the journal Management Science.This […]

A new study from the Rady School of Management reveals that public exposure to reports of Congressional stock trading significantly reduces Americans’ trust in Congress and their willingness to comply with the law—regardless of political […]

On Monday, President Donald Trump signed the Take It Down Act into law, making it a federal crime to publish AI-generated deep fakes and non-consensual intimate imagery.This post was originally published on this site

In his recent doctoral thesis from the University of Agder, Frans af Malmborg examined how politicians in the Nordic countries and the EU discuss and develop policies on artificial intelligence (AI).This post was originally published […]

Researchers from the University of Hamburg Business School and INSEAD reveal that political ideology strongly influences whether carbon footprint labels on food products shift consumers’ choices toward more sustainable options.This post was originally published on […]

The language might be dry, but the political shift is significant. Monday’s summit between the UK and EU leaders in London resulted in an acknowledgment of the “mutual interest to deepen our people-to-people ties, particularly […]

Public protests are on the rise globally, from climate marches and university occupations to roadblocks and mass political demonstrations. These actions may sometimes include confrontational tactics such as civil disobedience, disruption and, at times, violent […]

Americans perceive small juries of content experts as the most legitimate moderators of potentially misleading content on social media, according to a survey, but perceive large, nationally representative or politically balanced juries with minimum knowledge […]

An earthquake that struck southeast Asia in late March is thought to have killed more than 3,000 people in Myanmar, a country ruled by a military junta that has blocked humanitarian aid and continued waging […]