Community policing in the Global South

Professor Fotini Christia is part of a team examining the challenges of implementing community policing across a range of countries.

Stephanie M. McPherson | Institute for Data, Systems, and Society • mit
Nov. 29, 2021 ~7 min

Is watching believing?

In spreading politics, videos may not be much more persuasive than their text-based counterparts.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office • mit
Nov. 16, 2021 ~6 min


Disinformation is spreading beyond the realm of spycraft to become a shady industry – lessons from South Korea

Disinformation is being privatized around the world. This new industry is built on a dangerous combination of cheap labor, high-tech algorithms and emotional national narratives.

K. Hazel Kwon, Associate Professor of Journalism and Digital Audiences, Arizona State University • conversation
Nov. 15, 2021 ~9 min

Claims of COP26's success have been unpicked – but political journalists have repeated the spin

Mainstream reporters not familiar with the topic may spin the summit as a huge success or devastating failure.

Piers Forster, Professor of Physical Climate Change; Director of the Priestley International Centre for Climate, University of Leeds • conversation
Nov. 11, 2021 ~6 min

This personality type knowingly shares fake news

New research indicates that a particular personality type is given to sharing fake news despite warnings.

Duke University • futurity
Nov. 9, 2021 ~6 min

COVID-19 had a surprising effect on 2020 US election

A new study of the US 2020 election shows that Donald Trump actually lost more ground to Joe Biden in counties that experienced fewer COVID-19 cases,

Karl Greenberg-NYU • futurity
Nov. 5, 2021 ~5 min

The youth movement grows up. Climate Fight podcast part four transcript

This is a transcript of part 4 of Climate Fight: the world’s biggest negotiation, a series from The Anthill podcast.

Jack Marley, Environment + Energy Editor and Host of the Climate Fight podcast series, The Conversation • conversation
Oct. 27, 2021 ~35 min

Audit finds public art tends to honor white men, violence

Jade McClain-NYU • futurity
Oct. 26, 2021 ~8 min


Critical race theory isn’t the first social studies controversy

Social studies education in the US has changed over the last 20-30 years. Why is it so polarizing, and where should schools go from here?

Sara Savat-WUSTL • futurity
Oct. 22, 2021 ~6 min

In the face of chaos, why are we so nonchalant about climate change?

Humanity faces an extraordinary threat - why are so many of us not motivated into action?

Tom Pettinger, Research Fellow in Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick • conversation
Oct. 19, 2021 ~6 min

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