Sociology

The “Raygun” Olympics fiasco points to how hip-hop scholarship is at risk of being colonized and undermined in academia

A dishonest creationist debating tactic shouldn’t go unchallenged in American life. Or in national politics

The nerd culture powerhouse is rebranding its elves, dwarfs and orcs, previously referred to as races, and moving towards use of the term species

The high court treating the children of a highly educated slice of the U.S. as equivalent to people who descended from the history of enslavement and Jim Crow is a dishonest ruse

It’s important that we use accurate terminology when discussing how AI chatbots make up information

Drug policy continues to fixate on symptoms rather than the actual disease

Baked-in news practices cover only the worst moments of protests and neglect telling people what protesters are asking for, extensive research shows

Personality measures suggest Donald Trump exerts a cult of personality over his followers, people who are psychologically susceptible to his appeal. This could help explain how he has succeeded in U.S. politics while other populists have not

Misinformation solutions target a rational, ethical ideal who doesn’t exist; to combat misinfo, we need to start with a richer concept of the human

Conspiracy theories are everywhere. Here's how you can figure out when you're being fooled

The lack of a safety net in the U.S. is a big factor that explains why Americans feel lonelier than Danes or Swedes

We shouldn’t be afraid of AI taking over humanity; we should fear the fact that our humanity hasn’t kept up with our technology