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Starting today, Donald Trump will be in a position to turn his campaign promises into action. Or will he? Sharece Thrower, a scholar of presidential power at Vanderbilt, considers what personal and institutional constraints will influence the success of the nation’s new leader.
For many Clinton supporters, Trump’s swearing-in portends doom for the republic; to many Trump voters, it’s a crowning moment, one that will usher in an era of growth and optimism. It’s as if each side were living in a different country – and a different reality. University of Florida’s Lauren Griffin and Annie Neimand explain how information avoidance creates a “reality gap” between each side of the political divide.
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Emily Costello
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Sharece Thrower, Vanderbilt University
A scholar of presidential power looks at personality, rationality and the institution of the presidency for clues about what the incoming administration can accomplish.
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Arts + Culture
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Lauren Griffin, University of Florida; Annie Neimand, University of Florida
If someone sees or hears something they don't want to believe ... they probably won't believe it.
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Science + Technology
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Sanjay Goel, University at Albany, State University of New York
Government agencies and contractors are now less trusting of their workers, and keeping a much closer eye on them, both on and off the job.
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Zuleyma Tang-Martinez, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Victorian attitudes influenced what scientists thought they were observing about sexual behaviors in the animal world. But modern techniques reveal the myth for what it is.
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Politics + Society
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Jennifer Zwagerman, Drake University
Are you part of the 86 percent of Americans who do not live in rural America? Here's why Trump's choice to lead the USDA matters to you.
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Henry F. (Chip) Carey, Georgia State University
A political scientist looks at the similarities between the new American president and the sultans of the Ottoman Empire. What might the parallels portend for US politics?
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Health + Medicine
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John McDonough, Harvard University
Other major laws to improve the health of Americans faced opposition, but none has faced the wrath that Obamacare has faced. Here's a look at what's different in the political response to Obamacare.
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Environment + Energy
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Mark Barteau, University of Michigan
The Trump administration has the tools to slow the momentum Obama started on clean energy. Countering Trump are global market forces and state-level action.
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Economy + Business
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Joyce E. Bono, University of Florida; Elisabeth Gilbert, University of Florida
While Clinton's popular vote win shows progress toward gender equality, her rival's nomination of just three women to his Cabinet is a reminder of how much work still needs to be done to overcome bias in management.
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Michael Kitson, Cambridge Judge Business School
A future of trade wars and isolationism will not solve the grand challenges which are dragging down fragile economies.
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Rest of the World
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United Kingdom
Peter Buwert, Edinburgh Napier University
The posters that have become the voice of protest against Trump. Africa
Aidan Hehir, University of Westminster
Military intervention is sanctioned and executed by states. It is thus always a function of state interests rather than the objective enforcement of law. The case of The Gambia is no different. United Kingdom
Peter Lucas, University of Central Lancashire
Self-determination, freedom of thought, choice of risk arguably have freed society, but then there's inequality, ill-health and narcissism.
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