Officials in Norway are examining links between the perpetrator of the deadly twin attacks in that country on July 22, 2011, and the right-wing extremism that reportedly fueled his actions.
Survey data continue to indicate that Americans have grown markedly pessimistic about the prospects of future generations, even as the most comprehensive research to date suggests a nuanced reality.
Logic dictates that the race listed on an individual’s birth and death certificates would be consistent. Assignment of race at the time of death can be based on a number of factors, however, so the potential for discrepancies exists.
From the Scholars Strategy Network, written by Alexander Hertel-Fernandez and Theda Skocpol, Harvard University.
Numerous studies have shown that automotive pollution has a wide range of negative health effects, including heart and lung disease. Much of the blame has been pinned on gases such as carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide and ozone, but the role of suspended particulate matter has been less clear.
From the Scholars Strategy Network, written by Stephen Ansolabehere, Harvard University, and David M. Konisky, Georgetown University
Strikes by unmanned aerial vehicles, or “drone strikes,” have become a primary weapon of the United States in its fights against Taliban and Al Qaeda forces in Pakistan, Afghanistan and other theaters.
