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History shows why FEMA is essential in disasters, and how losing independent agency status hurt its ability to function

When the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s urban search and rescue team resigned after the deadly July 4, 2025, Texas floods, he told colleagues he was frustrated with bureaucratic hurdles that had delayed […]

Heroes, victims—and rarely collaborators: Study reveals Nazi era reinterpretation across EU

Whether in Belgium, Poland, or Ukraine, when asked about their nation’s role under Nazi occupation, many Europeans today primarily see their own population as victims—or as heroes. This is the key finding of a cross-national […]

With just a few messages, biased AI chatbots swayed people’s political views

If you’ve interacted with an artificial intelligence chatbot, you’ve likely realized that all AI models are biased. They were trained on enormous corpuses of unruly data and refined through human instructions and testing. Bias can […]

The hubris arc: How visionary politicians turn into authoritarians

What turns a democratically elected leader into an authoritarian? The process is rarely abrupt. It unfolds gradually and is often justified as a necessary reform. It is framed as what the people wanted. All this […]

Fear built the nuclear bomb—only trust can ensure it is never used again

The world entered its nuclear epoch 80 years ago on August 6, 1945. The US dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, killing between 70,000 and 140,000 civilians by the end of […]

Social media boosts news diversity amid traditional media decline

New research by the University of South Australia finds a silver lining to the struggling media landscape in the face of the digital age, revealing that social media is enhancing the diversity of news the […]

Open-access database offers insights into U.S. congressional candidates

Each election cycle, thousands of candidates vie for seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate. Until now, there has been no comprehensive, publicly available resource cataloging what those candidates say about who […]

Analysis of more than a century’s worth of political speeches challenges theory about how linguistic usage evolves

A study led by McGill University researchers challenges the theory that language change over time requires new generations to replace older generations of speakers. Rather, when words change meaning, speakers of all ages participate; while […]

Governments are becoming increasingly secretive. Here’s how they can be made to be more transparent

Transparency is vital to our democratic system of government.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

Partisan hostility, not just policy, drives U.S. protests

Partisan animosity is a powerful driver of protest participation—sometimes nearly matching or even exceeding concern about the actual issues, according to a new study published in the journal Social Forces.This article is brought to you […]