Political violence isn't going away anytime soon

Why there really is no ethical reason not to vote

Scott Davidson, West Virginia University

‘I don’t like the candidates,’ ‘I don’t know enough to make a decision,’ ‘I don’t want to give this election legitimacy’ – an ethicist takes on nonvoters.

What to do if your vote is challenged on Election Day

Karen Figueroa-Clewett, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

It’s Election Day, you go to vote – and you’re told you’re not registered or you’re not eligible to vote. A civil rights lawyer provides a guide so voters can know their rights to cast a ballot.

The GOP made gains among Latino voters in 2020 but Democrats remain the party of choice for upcoming midterms

Mary Lehman Held, University of Tennessee

The complexity of the Latino community needs to be understood in order for the US’ second largest ethnic group to be adequately represented in our democracy.

Indigenous languages make inroads into public schools

Mneesha Gellman, Emerson College

Indigenous language instructors struggle to keep their languages from becoming lost.

How asexuals navigate romantic relationships

Alexandra Brozowski, Michigan State University

It’s often assumed that people who identify as asexual are also ‘aromantic’ – that they aren’t interested in forming romantic relationships or aren’t capable of doing so.

Fed faces twin threats of recession and financial crisis as its inflation fight raises risks of both

D. Brian Blank, Mississippi State University

The Fed is also beginning to reduce its massive balance sheet, which is beginning to cause disruptions in the $24 trillion Treasury market.

A brief history of the mortgage, from its roots in ancient Rome to the English ‘dead pledge’ and its rebirth in America

Michael J. Highfield, Mississippi State University

With 30-year fixed rates hitting a 20-year high of 7%, a finance scholar explains where these life-altering loans originated.

Olive ridley sea turtles are constantly on the move, so protective zones should follow them

Pamela T. Plotkin, Texas A&M University; Joseph Bernardo, Texas A&M University

Standard marine protected areas with fixed boundaries can’t effectively shelter these ocean nomads.

8 billion humans: How population growth and climate change are connected as the ‘Anthropocene engine’ transforms the planet

Manfred Laubichler, Arizona State University

The UN estimates the global population will pass 8 billion people on Nov. 15, 2022. From the Stone Age to today, here’s how things spiraled out of control.

Understanding how news works can short-circuit the connection between social media use and vaccine hesitancy

Muhammad E. Rasul, University of California, Davis; Jaeho Cho, University of California, Davis; Saifuddin Ahmed, Nanyang Technological University

Researchers identified a connection between low levels of media literacy and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in people who consume their news via social media.

Mass migration from Twitter is likely to be an uphill battle – just ask ex-Tumblr users

Casey Fiesler, University of Colorado Boulder

The communities that call Twitter home might decide to pack their bags. If they do, they are unlikely to be able to completely reconstitute themselves elsewhere.

Farmers can save water with wireless technologies, but there are challenges – like transmitting data through mud

Who sees what you flush? Wastewater surveillance for public health is on the rise, but a new survey reveals many US adults are still unaware

Newly discovered species of bacteria in the microbiome may be a culprit behind rheumatoid arthritis