Politics

Politics are rife with emotions. But new research from the University of Georgia suggests emotions alone may not determine whether people are satisfied with democracy.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

The brain? It has a flexible social perception. In interactions with people from different ethnic groups, it tends to respond more inclusively when a shared national identity is made salient. A study, by the University […]

As the UK entered COVID-19 lockdown in March 2020, security services and counterterrorism officials warned of a new threat forming in young people’s bedrooms. Superintendent Matthew Davison, head of Prevent North-East, cautioned that extremists were […]

Violence perpetrated by members of one’s own ethnic group produces up to five times more trauma than violence from opposing groups. Joan Barceló and Keshana Ratnasingham examined mental health outcomes among Tamil civilians in postwar […]

Established in 1868 with the ratification of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, birthright citizenship grants citizenship to all persons born on U.S. soil regardless of the parents’ citizenship status. If birthright citizenship is […]

Researchers at Murdoch University have developed a forensic intelligence tool which could help police link the victims of serial offenders by analyzing their facial appearance. The study, “Development of face similarity linkage for the attribution […]

Body cameras, satellites and digital verification tools are generating more evidence of violence than ever before. But the institutions responsible for delivering justice still decide what counts as evidence—and what does not.This article is brought […]

While immigration is often blamed for the rise of populism, it was cost of living and male job dissatisfaction that played a major role in the European surge in support for populist politics a decade […]

People’s political persuasions can have a significant influence on their initial response to a global health crisis, according to new research. But while they do tend to respond to guidance issued or followed by their […]

When Bella Astrofsky, who’s poised to graduate in May with a bachelor’s degree in journalism, began digging through 19th-century newspapers, she did not expect to help inform how historians understand the end of Reconstruction in […]