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Have extremist views been resonating with more and more Americans? For six years, James Hawdon has been director of the Center for Peace Studies and Violence Prevention; since 2013, he and his team have been particularly interested in how extremist views have spread online, and who’s reading them. Given that the radicalization process often begins with exposure, Hawdon writes that the center’s findings are a cause for concern.
Smoking is the number one cause of preventable deaths in the U.S., claiming the lives of nearly half a million people a year.The bold announcement by FDA chief Scott Gottlieb to begin talks to lower nicotine in cigarettes could, says Michael Eriksen, dean of Georgia State’s School of Public Health, “potentially save more lives than if we ended the opioid epidemic today.”
And do you ever feel your self-control struggling against temptation? New psychology research into the timing of when the angel and devil on your shoulders start their whispering suggests a better way to stick with long-term goals than relying on willpower alone.
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Nick Lehr
Editor, Arts and Culture
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A man sporting a Nazi tattoo leaves Emancipation Park in Charlottesville, Virginia on Aug. 12, 2017.
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James E. Hawdon, Virginia Tech
Given recent events, you might have had an inkling that extremist views have been resonating. Researchers from the Center for Peace Studies and Violence Prevention have the hard data to back it up.
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Politics + Society
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Max Pensky, Binghamton University, State University of New York; Nadia Rubaii, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Two genocide and mass atrocity prevention scholars argue Trump's response to the Charlottesville attack is a red flag.
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James L. Gelvin, University of California, Los Angeles
With terrorists striking again in Spain and in Finland, one cannot help but ask -- again -- why people want to follow the Islamic State. Some new theories are emerging.
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Health + Medicine
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Michael P. Eriksen, Georgia State University
FDA Director Scott Gottlieb has proposed discussions about drastically cutting nicotine levels in cigarettes. This could result in some of the biggest health gains in history.
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Rachel Shaffer, University of Washington
Evidence suggests that some chemicals can affect our bodies – even in very low doses. How can we better identify and act on these toxic materials?
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Jennifer Wenzel, Columbia University
Ryan Kelly's iconic photograph from Charlottesville evokes a 'Unite the Right' moment from 1937 – and the anti-war masterpiece by Picasso that emerged from it.
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Roger Culver, Colorado State University
The sun was worshiped as a deity in many cultures – and witnessing it get extinguished could be a particularly terrifying event.
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Adil Najam, Boston University
The partition of India led to a genocide that was unprecedented in scale. How far was one man, Lord Mountbatten, who hurriedly drew the new borders, responsible?
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