Social Justice Health Care Summit Includes an Active Cyber Audience While the big health care summit was kind of artificial, it still let real people participate (at a remove) in real time. Emily Badger
Social Justice Do Gerrymanders Come in Shades of Red and Blue? Scholars assess whether the widely accepted notion that the current political polarization in the U.S. is due in part to 'safe' political districts is accurate. Emily Badger
Social Justice Faith-Based Initiative Still on Its Knees Tarred by misperceptions, with no wallet and ambiguous successes at best, the federal faith-based initiative still treads uphill. Emily Badger
Social Justice Continue to Ask, Pray Tell While the Pentagon gathers new information to support repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, academics say there's plenty out there already. Emily Badger
Books & Culture News in Brief Previous Site Sections Uncle Sam: Put Down That iPhone The administration’s latest dot-gov wants American drivers to focus on the road. But how will the populace react to chiding while driving? Emily Badger
Social Justice Snowmaggedon Backs All Climate Change Views Freakish snowstorms warm the hearts of both believers and skeptics of global warm ... err ... climate change. Emily Badger
Social Justice Political Lens-scape Increasingly Polarized Obama administration gains another first — most divided debut year since polling began. Emily Badger
Social Justice Office Seeks Higher Office Having learned that corporations are people, too, one company takes the logic to the next step and runs for Congress. Emily Badger
Social Justice Obama’s Carrot and Shtick Approach If you can't get a chuckle across the aisle, how could you have gotten health care reform across? Emily Badger
Social Justice How Far Would You Go for 5 Cents? Charging a nickel for every bag at the grocery store has created 'a behavioral economist's dream.' Emily Badger