A map shows the dominant religion in each of the United States’ counties. Evangelicals dominate the most areas geographically. Catholics are the majority faith in densely populated areas.
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Polls never reveal who we really are. Google does.
Lots of newspapers endorse candidates, but why? Does it actually help?
Be glad your name isn’t attached to any of these bad ideas.
A universal basic income is just one of Andrew Yang’s ideas to update capitalism for the 21st century.
A map of the coming divorce between Left and Right America.
A new article published in Mother Jones shows how Cambridge Analytica positioned itself to potential clients after the election of Donald Trump.
We need a public mature enough to recognize that policy decisions and actions are more relevant to leadership than professed beliefs.
A new study found that listening to other people speak—as opposed to just write—tends to make us think they’re more mentally capable.
How to overcome anxiety in a time that tries men’s souls.
When you look at the history of it, a strange pattern emerges.
Since Russia (most likely) hacked our Presidential election in 2016, there’s been talk of using cell phones for voting. Think again.
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Ideas are plentiful; execution is another story.
Facebook’s actions – or inactions – facilitated breaches of privacy and human rights associated with democratic governance. rnrn
Why you should use Facebook with a healthy dose of skepticism.
Haley, who’s at times been both a supporter and critic of the president, reportedly “shocked” White House officials by announcing the end of her two-year tenure as a U.N. ambassador.
Which country influences foreign elections the most? An extensive dataset of every election from 1946 to now has the answer.
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The internet and social media have made persuasive appeals more powerful than ever before.
Mark Twain once said that God created war so that Americans would learn geography. Twain died before World War I, but his sardonic remark still has meaning.
A new study discovers how political party affiliation affects people’s beliefs in conspiracy theories.
The 2020 presidential candidate said companies like Amazon should “pay their fair share” as automation begins to displace human workers.
Elitism has come under fire since the recent wave of populist politics. But when we don’t listen to experts, we end up listening to politicians’ lies, says Richard Dawkins.
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Research from my PrejudiceLab at Goldsmiths, University of London shows that people who score high on the collective narcissism scale are particularly sensitive to even the smallest offences to their group’s image.
At the very least such fake news could further divide us. At worst, a violent incident occurs, perhaps even on a large-scale.
A study finds that conflicting points of view are more likely to lead to dehumanizing others if they’re written and not spoken.
It’s not just for the lols. If you’re up for some soul-searching, they need you to contribute to this MIT research survey…
“We find that Trump’s anti-Muslim tweets are highly correlated with the number of anti-Muslim hate crimes, particularly where Twitter usage is high, but only after the start of his presidential campaign.”
Searches for this particular word increased 300% over last year.
AI is leaving human needs and democracy behind in its race to accomplish its current profit-generating goals.