Society, Law & Politics
Fears about AI going rogue and turning against humanity have reached a chilling new high following an AI researcher's warning.
In the weeks following 9/11, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ sociologist Lori Peek was in New York City hearing the stories of Muslim Americans navigating suspicion, hostility and questions of identity and belonging.
Twenty-five years after the terrorist attacks, Middle East expert John Willis says 9/11 did not fundamentally reinvent U.S. policy in the region, but it did remove political constraints and accelerate changes.
Five decades after his death, Mao Zedong remains the face of modern China, yet ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ historian William Wei argues his rise to power was never inevitable and neither is the verdict on his legacy.
The federal government just unveiled an aggressive plan to help conserve the mighty Colorado. Will it work? And if not, what will? Water policy veteran Doug Kenney offers insight.
Forty years ago this month, Soviet officials issued their first formal report on the Chernobyl nuclear disaster—four months after the accident. ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ political scientist Sarah Wilson Sokhey says the underlying lesson of the catastrophe is that the risk has not gone away—and such disasters don’t recognize national borders.
Who decides to stay behind when climate disaster strikes? ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ sociologist Lori Hunter examines how gender, social expectations and other factors shape the choice—or ability—to leave.
In a new book, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ communication scholar Matthew Koschmann examines participatory housing in the Philippines and the broader lessons it offers for involving communities in decisions that affect their lives.
In STEM, the stereotypes go beyond gender, asserts social psychology doctoral candidate Sheba Aikawa.
By analyzing decades of war death statistics, researchers found large civil wars tend to cool off over time, but wars between nations show a persistent risk of ratcheting up in size.