The New Right: How a Frenchman born 150 years ago inspired the extreme nationalism behind Brexit and Donald Trump.
We are living through the latest battle in a 300-year long ideological war over the meaning of humanity itself. [Read now...]
Some families are trying to work out their Brexit differences – They could inspire Boris Johnson.
Interviews show Brexit divisions can cause tension but that people are thinking carefully about how to avoid breakdown. [Read now...]
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Study, Boris Johnson, Brexit, Psychology, UK Politics
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The partisan brain — Cognitive study suggests people on the left and right are more similar than they think.
A particular type of mind could be more susceptible to political partisanship, on either side of the traditionally defined political spectrum. [Read now...]
How EU families in Britain are coping with Brexit uncertainty.
Applying for British citizenship or settled status is a way for EU nationals to ‘take back control’ over their lives. [Read now...]
Amazon fires: Deforestation has a devastating heating impact on the local climate – New study.
Rainforest fires heat the planet, but the degraded forest left behind has far more consequences for the local environment. [Read now...]
How immigration can make some UK-born residents feel worse off even if they aren’t – New research shows.
It’s not all about the economics – people’s sense of well-being may help explain anti-immigration attitudes. [Read now...]
Anti-immigration attitudes are disappearing among younger generations in Britain.
New research found persistent differences between generations of people in the UK when it comes to their attitudes to immigration. [Read now...]
How far-right groups use Britain’s extremism definition to argue they aren’t extremist.
Why the extremism definition is unfit for purpose. Central to the problem is the government’s insistence on using ‘fundamental British values’ to define extremism. [Read now...]
The English language is evolving – Here’s how it will change after Brexit.
English will remain an official EU language – even after Brexit – and this will impact the way it evolves. [Read now...]
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Emma Seddon
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Study, Brexit, European Union, EU English, Languages, UK Politics
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Can parks help cities fight crime?
Some parks reduce violence in the local vicinity. Other parks attract crime. The difference has to do with how these urban green spaces are designed, programmed and managed, experts say. [Read now...]
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Study, Chicago, Cities, City Parks, Crime, Green Space, Los Angeles, New York, Parks, United States, Urban Life, violence
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‘Unskilled’ immigrants help to ease the pain of dying Americans.
More than one-quarter of home care workers are born outside of the United States. Stricter immigration laws could make it harder to find people to do this aide work. [Read now...]
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Dr Cati Coe
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Study, Donald Trump, Immigration, Home Care, US Politics
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The guts of an Apple iPhone show exactly what Trump gets wrong about trade.
Trump believes the money Americans spend on Chinese imports like the iPhone goes straight into China’s pockets. In reality, China gets very little value from it. [Read now...]
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Long-Read, Business, China, Donald Trump, South Korea, Study, Trade War
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