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Monthly payments to families with children could lift millions of US children out of poverty.
Everyone’s saying it: ‘Democracy is fragile’ in the United States. But a political science scholar says that has always been the case.
Keeping windows open while driving at a moderate speed can increase airflow inside the cabin of the car, but which ones should you keep open?
A reconstruction of a dinosaur’s back passage reveals it may have been used for visual communication.
A violent coup to overthrow the government, perpetrated and fueled by white supremacist ideology spread by the white media happened … in Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1898.
Hasta ahora, las únicas vacunas COVID-19 autorizadas para su uso deben mantenerse congeladas. Pero hay muchos lugares en el mundo que no pueden mantener una cadena de suministro en frío.
A social scientist argues that in the absence of strong government action, people took it upon themselves to work out conduct to stem the spread of virus.
The shipment of goods to suppliers has become technologically sophisticated. Delays in getting out the COVID-19 vaccine to people show that the breakdowns come down to something more basic.
So far, the only COVID-19 vaccines authorized for use need to be kept frozen. But there are many places in the world that can’t support a cold supply chain.
New legislative proposals want to allow ‘sex testing’ of girl athletes through genital exams and genetic and hormone testing.
Ever since players tweaked the game to reflect the medieval social order, poets and writers have used chess as an allegory for love, duty, conflict and accomplishment.
An analysis of 100 of the most powerful organizations in the world shows women are still struggling to penetrate the deepest corridors of power.
When the scientific establishment gets involved in partisan politics, surveys suggest, there are unintended consequences – especially for conservatives.
Special interests use the court as a public policy battleground. Here’s a rundown of how that works and which groups are likely to appear before a conservative court with Amy Coney Barrett on it.
Man-made chemical disrupt the activities of most human genes. What effect does this have on human health and how should regulators respond?
Le rétrécissement extrême de la glace de mer en été n’est que la dernière preuve du réchauffement rapide de l’Arctique – et ce qui se passe dans l’Arctique n’y reste pas.
Extreme shrinkage of summer sea ice is just the latest evidence of rapid Arctic warming – and what happens in the Arctic doesn’t stay there.
The cold supply chain keeps vaccines fresh during distribution, but the current system is nowhere near large enough to distribute the billions of COVID-19 vaccines that the world needs.
Governments must embrace policies that promote sharing and collective invention to create and distribute a vaccine quickly.
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PhD Student, Political Science, UMass Amherst
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Associate Professor of Political Science and Legal Studies, UMass Amherst
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Professor of Practice, Nonprofit Organizations; Social & Environmental Enterprises, UMass Amherst
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Associate Professor of Legal Studies and Political Science, UMass Amherst
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Associate Professor, Political Science, UMass Amherst
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Department Chair and Professor of Sociology, UMass Amherst
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PhD candidate in Economics, UMass Amherst
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Provost Professor of Sociology and Public Policy, UMass Amherst
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Associate Professor of Political Science and Computational Social Science, UMass Amherst
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Associate Director, Climate System Research Center and Associate Professor of Climatology, UMass Amherst
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Professor of Legal Studies and Political Science, UMass Amherst
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Associate Professor of Global Digital Media, UMass Amherst
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Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering, UMass Amherst
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Provost Professor of Political Science and Director of the UMass Amherst Poll, UMass Amherst
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Professor (Full) of Watershed Management, Water Resources, Water Quality, Ecohydrology, Complex Systems, Ecological Economics, and Sustainability., UMass Amherst
