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(2 comments) SHARE Sunday, February 21, 2021 Education Won't Stop Conspiracy Theories
Conspiracy theories like QAnon are outlandish, dangerous, and often absurd. So why do people believe them?
(9 comments) SHARE Friday, July 6, 2018 Knowing When to Turn Off the News
It's OK to turn the news off sometimes. It's OK to log out of Facebook, too. Taking action is important, and we all need to know what's going on and what needs to be done. But we don't need to marinate in the news all day long. Not when it hurts this badly.
(1 comments) SHARE Saturday, June 30, 2018 Family Separation: One Fire Out, Several Others Started
If you care about Social Security, Medicare, food stamps, or the environment, these are all issues that require immediate attention. Despite the headway Republicans made in the last week or so toward cutting the social safety net and eliminating environmental protections, it's not yet a lost cause.
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, April 11, 2018 It's Up to Grown-ups to Stop Bullying, Not Kids
Bullying's been in the news a bit lately, in part because of the Parkland shooting. In response, some people suggested that school children themselves should befriend kids who get bullied to prevent school shootings. Others say this is victim-blaming. It's the adults' jobs to stop bullying.
SHARE Sunday, September 27, 2020 When Men Legally Controlled Women
We have made progress allowing marriage to bring emotional and sexual satisfaction to both partners and allowing them to leave when it doesn't. Also, the increased equality for people of all races, genders, and sexual orientations we have gained in the century since women got the vote.
SHARE Saturday, December 15, 2018 A War on Science, Morals, and Law
A new report by the Union of Concerned Scientists accuses Trump's Interior Department of "relentless attacks on science ranging from suppressing and sidelining the work of the department's scientists to systematically refusing to act on climate change."
SHARE Wednesday, December 23, 2020 The Coming Battle Over Vaccines
Natural scientists have done their part by creating vaccines. To get people to take them, we need social science.
SHARE Friday, January 29, 2021 The GOP's Resentment Theater
President Biden recently became the first president to condemn white supremacy by name in an inaugural address. Then some Republicans got mad because, they say, it's an attack on them.
(6 comments) SHARE Monday, July 21, 2008 Al Gore Can Have His Meat and Eat It Too
I asked Al Gore about the role of meat in global warming. His answer was honest, but it was only the start of a conversation that must continue about the role of sustainable agriculture in the fight against global warming.
SHARE Saturday, January 23, 2021 The Time I Got Coffee With Hollywood Satanists
Satanism is not very different from the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Neither one believes in Satan or in a flying spaghetti monster. They're jokes intended to troll Christians who try to impose their beliefs on others.
SHARE Monday, December 14, 2020 Failing Students Need Support, Not Blame
Students don't fail because they are lazy. They fail because something is wrong in their lives -- and right now, so much is wrong.
SHARE Sunday, November 29, 2020 We Need a Safety Net for Parents
The collapse of child care and traditional schooling is having a devastating effect on women in particular.
(1 comments) SHARE Friday, November 20, 2020 We Need A Safety Net For Parents/
Most women put their children ahead of their careers. In the workforce, that makes it harder for women to compete with men for top positions, because they're seen as less committed to their jobs."
SHARE Thursday, October 15, 2020 Voter Suppression In A Pandemic Election
Our electoral system is riddled with policies that amount to little more than voter suppression. America should work to expand voting to all eligible citizens so we can live up to the democratic ideals on which our nation was founded.
(1 comments) SHARE Thursday, April 11, 2019 Do Women Get To Be Experts?
I know that people interpret my behavior in relation to their expectations of a woman's gender role. I'm expected to be nurturing. If I step out of line, I become "shrill" or "bossy." Womanhood becomes a real drag when I'm in roles I am qualified for and my expertise is questioned in ways it would not be if I were a man.
(4 comments) SHARE Thursday, April 4, 2019 The Death Penalty Is Getting Crueler
The Eighth Amendment bans cruel and unusual punishment. Capital punishment has been becoming more unusual over the past decade or so. Now, with the court's help, it's becoming more cruel. Our newly right wing-dominated Supreme Court recently made a move in the opposite direction.