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Sandra Sanchez, a Honduran woman and asylum seeker, preparing lunch for her daughter.

Social Justice

The Real Intention Behind the Recent ICE Raids Is Intimidation

While only 35 arrests were reported during the most recent, multi-city raids, the campaigns have caused widespread fear and tangible impacts on the daily routines of immigrant families.

Sarah Holder

Immigration advocates with the Florida Immigrant Coalition go house to house handing out fliers on July 13th, 2019, in Little Havana in Miami, Florida, in advance of the Trump administration's nationwide immigration enforcement operation targeting migrant families.

Immigrants Are Changing Their Routines Out of Fear, a Survey Finds

Even permanent residents and naturalized citizens report avoiding activities like driving, visiting a doctor, or talking with teachers.

Isabela Dias

Children and students participate in a #FridaysForFuture climate protest on March 15th, 2019, in Berlin, Germany.

Environment

Fear-Based Climate Appeals Can Be Counterproductive

New research suggests that environmental groups can persuade more people by focusing on a positive attitude toward climate action.

Tom Jacobs

Is Generation Z More Scared Than Earlier Generations?

The messages they're getting in the media are terrifying—and the sustained sense of real threats could leave this generation with psychological scars.

Mika Lassander

Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, on March 28th, 1979, the day of the site's partial meltdown.

News in Brief

A Majority of Americans Oppose Nuclear Power. How Does Nuclear ‘Dread’ Affect Their Perceptions?

A new study finds that the public is more supportive of nuclear power when looking only at numbers about calculated risk—without knowing it's nuclear power they're dealing with.

Leah Dunlevy

Airlines Are Grounding Boeing 737 Max 8 Planes Out of Caution (and Fear)

Two recent deadly plane crashes have prompted many countries to direct airlines to ground these planes out of concern that the crashes may be the result of a failure of the model.

Kelley Czajka