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Did the Pandemic Change Your Personality?

Category: Health | Author: Sue C.

Studies on how the pandemic has affected people's personalities--especially young people's--are beginning to emerge.

Did An American Soldier Have the Right to "Adopt" An Afghan Baby?

Category: Unkown category | Author: Sue C.

An American soldier and his wife pursued the adoption of an Afghan baby relentlessly. Did he have the right to "adopt" this baby? Read on.

What Would A Republican-Controlled Government Look Like?

Category: Politics | Author: Sue C.

Why do many people, especially those who believe in democracy, say that the November 8th mid-term elections are crucial in determining the fate of our country? It is because our country is so divided at this point between Republicans, many of whom are being led by right-wing extremists, and Democra...

Teens and Social Media

Category: Lifestyle | Society | Author: Sue C.

How is internet usage, especially social media sites, affecting the mental health of teens? As anxiety and depression soar among adolescents, researchers struggle to understand how exactly social media affects mental health.

White Flight From Middle Class Suburbs With High-Achieving Asian Students by ANJATI ENJETI

Category: Unkown category | Author: Sue C.

If diversity is so important to liberal whites, why do they keep fleeing ethnically diverse suburbia? Why are middle class white people fleeing neighborhoods where the Asian population is increasing?

Plastics: The Problem and Progress by Kathy Battat

Category: Environment | Author: Sue C.

The U.S. plastic industry is responsible for over 232 million tons of C02e gas emissions and is on track to exceed emissions of coal-fired power in this country by 2030, according to a 2022 report by Beyond Plastics.

Happy freakin’ birthday, ‘Merica

Category: Politics | Reflections | Society | Human Rights | Author: Belicia Tang

Becoming Asian American

Category: Society | Author: Sue C.

What does it mean to be Asian American? Why do many Americans of Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese, Filipino, Thai, Cambodian, etc. ancestry feel more Asian-American?

Only One Factor Explains the High Number of Mass Shootings in the U.S.

Category: Society | Author: Sue C.

Many reasons have been proffered to explain the high rate of mass shootings in the U.S.--mental illness, culture, etc. But there is really just one reason.

Gun Violence in the United States

Category: Politics | Author: Sue C.

We have had 2 mass shootings in less than two weeks in the U.S., one in a supermarket in Buffalo, N.Y., and another in an elementary school in Texas. Why are mass shootings so common in the United States, and what can we do about it?