The dirty politics of scapegoating – and why victims are always the harmless, easy targets
Nov 22, 2016 23:05 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics Economy
The word scapegoat is being used a lot in discussions about politics in 2016. The new US president-elect, Donald Trump, appealed to some voters with rhetoric that appeared to scapegoat Mexicans and Muslims for various...
Do conservatives value 'moral purity' more than liberals?
Nov 22, 2016 23:02 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
In the wake of Donald Trumps election, the overwhelming response among progressives was how in the world did this happen? Those of us who study the rise of political and moral polarization in the United States, however,...
Confirmation bias: A psychological phenomenon that helps explain why pundits got it wrong
Nov 22, 2016 23:00 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
As post mortems of the 2016 presidential election began to roll in, fingers started pointing to what psychologists call the confirmation bias as one reason many of the polls and pundits were wrong in their predictions of...
Politics complicate blasphemy investigations in Indonesia and around the world
Nov 22, 2016 22:58 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics Law
The Indonesian police recently named the Chinese-Indonesian and Christian governor of Jakarta, Basuki Tjahaya Purnama, also known as Ahok, a suspect in a blasphemy case. This came after Muslim groups, which accuse Purnama...
Why it's so hard for Europeans to get compensation after Dieselgate
Nov 22, 2016 17:00 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law Business
More than a year after the Dieselgate scandal, which uncovered cheating by Volkswagen and other car companies in emissions tests, there has been little progress for European consumers. Most people are unsure of how or...
Urban activists are forging diverse communities in a divided Europe – here's how
Nov 22, 2016 14:00 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Throughout 2016, politicians and pundits have been caught off guard time and time again by the successes of populist politics first Brexit, then Trump and the rise of far-right parties across Europe. Casting about for...
Fixing an ailing Obamacare: four ways to address rising costs and less choice
Nov 22, 2016 13:43 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Repealing Obamacare was central to both Donald Trumps, and the Republican partys, policy platforms. The President-elect has since softened his stance and there are several Republican proposals to replace Obamacare with a...
‘We have thousands of Modis’: the secret behind the BJP’s enduring success in India