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Doctoral candidate Adwaita Banerjee uses ethnographic research to document the ecological transition of the Deonar dumping ground, where thousands of Dalits and Muslim migrants mine the area for plastic that can be resold and recycled.
Political scientist Brendan O’Leary of the School of Arts & Sciences offers his take on the Labour Party’s landslide victory and what it means going forward.
Researchers from the Annenberg Public Policy Center found that more social media use actually correlates with more vaccination, but the reasons differ between Democrats and Republicans.
Focusing on corporate political action, AI, immigration, and more, the Polarization Research Lab aims to dispel myths about partisan beliefs.
Kathleen Hall Jamieson, director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, discusses the Annenberg Debate Reform Working Group along with some thoughts on last week’s presidential debate.
PIK Professor Duncan Watts and colleagues have developed the Media Bias Detector, which uses artificial intelligence to analyze news articles, examining factors like tone, partisan lean, and fact selection.
In a new book, art historian Jonathan D. Katz explores the Stonewall Riots and contemporary queer art.
A new paper from Annenberg Public Policy Center shows how states differ in licensing requirements for teens, and how the crash rate correlates to training; the authors advise for families of teens to go beyond the minimum state requirements to keep teen drivers safer.
To mark the anniversary, Mary Francis Berry, Marcia Chatelain, and William Sturkey of the School of Arts & Sciences and Deuel Ross of Penn Carey Law offer takeaways on the landmark legislation.
Rome, Milan, and Naples became the stage for the Penn Glee Club during its 10-day tour of Italy. Thirty-seven members went on the trip, mostly vocalists, but also members of the band and the tech crew.
Marc Trussler of the School of Arts & Sciences says that the selection of J.D. Vance as the Republican vice presidential candidate will make it harder for Donald Trump to act as a moderate on the issue of abortion.
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Stacia West of the Center for Guaranteed Income Research at the School of Social Policy & Practice says that guaranteed basic income causes people to make great decisions for themselves and their family in a way that promotes upward economic mobility.
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Anthea Butler of the School of Arts & Sciences says that Kamala Harris’s religious story is not a straight line, which mirrors the trajectory of many Americans today.
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Brendan O’Leary of the School of Arts & Sciences analyzes low voter turnout trends for the UK general election in Northern Ireland’s constituencies.
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Adam Grant of the Wharton School says that President Biden must make sure that the faction advocating his staying in the race doesn’t dominate the faction encouraging him to withdraw.
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