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The United States government recently announced a US$100,000 H-1B visa fee on new applications, which will affect highly educated workers from abroad who are seeking jobs in the U.S. This policy could have ripple effects […]

Luis, originally from Querétaro, Mexico, had been living in Texas for nearly a decade when he was detained and deported. He’d accidentally run a red light while on his way to buy diapers for his […]

Archaeologists have excavated three c. 3,000–2,400-year-old ritual structures in Shandong Province, China, indicating that the origins of a shared Chinese cultural identity lie in ceremonial gatherings that sowed the seeds for the political unification of […]

How much people trust politicians affects their support for climate policies. The less trust we have in politicians, the less likely we are to accept climate policies that mean paying a price as individuals. And […]

In highly polarized situations, open communication is the only way to get through to people, including those who believe in conspiracy theories, revealed a new study in the British Journal of Political Science.This post was […]

Previous research has shown that higher education dampens support for capital punishment, but University of Nebraska scholars have discovered those collegiate effects are lessened among conservatives.This post was originally published on this site

A review in the International Journal of Smart Technology and Learning discusses the research literature on social media surveillance. It highlights how the practice has become a central feature of the digital era and raises […]

Liberals and conservatives both oppose censorship of children’s literature—unless the writing offends their own ideology, new Cornell research finds.This post was originally published on this site

One of the U.K.’s biggest political problems comes in a small size. The size of a small boat, in fact.This post was originally published on this site