Annenberg Public Policy Center

The public has less trust in all three branches of the federal government

A new survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center finds that American adults support judicial and legislative checks on presidential power.

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Voters fear competence more than bungling from Trump

A poll by the Annenberg Public Policy Center found bipartisan support for the power of the courts to restrain presidential power.

Convergence and consensus

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that claims of convergent evidence honor science’s norms of critique and correction by inviting discussion of the extent of existing knowledge and the multiple ways in which it was developed.

I tried 10 different drinks to help me sleep and this is the best one

Matt Levendusky of the School of Arts & Sciences discusses a recent survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center which shows that most Americans support the role of the courts and Congress as checks on presidential power.

Trump administration pulls $300M in health funding from Virginia

Postdoc Alyssa Sinclair of the Annenberg School for Communication says that Virginia universities will likely need to institute budget adjustments to make up cuts to federal health funding.

Do ‘harm reduction’ interventions for substance use lower or raise trust in government?

“Harm reduction” interventions for substance use such as needle exchange programs and methadone distribution aim to reduce the adverse effects of substance use, rather than punish or prevent it, and have repeatedly shown to lower the risk of overdoses, mortality, and drug-related crime. But in many communities in rural America, there is a stigma attached to these approaches.

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‘What We Value: The Neuroscience of Choice & Change’

The first book from Emily Falk of the Annenberg School for Communication provides a window into the impacts of the brain’s value, self-relevance, and social relevance systems.

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The many ways Kennedy is already undermining vaccines

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center comments on recent steps taken to undermine confidence in vaccine efficacy and safety.

Critics say CDC ‘secrecy’ will slow vital info; agency pledges transparency

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that the CDC’s recent response to the monkeypox outbreak wouldn’t be replicable after federal funding cuts.

People select feedback to flatter others, except when they dislike them

New research by Penn’s Social Action Lab research associate Xi Shen and PIK Professor Dolores Albarracín finds that people generally want to make other people feel good about themselves—unless they dislike that person.