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UC Riverside study is part of a larger landmark study tracking older adults
Vietnam expert David Biggs compares the U.S. exits from Vietnam and Afghanistan, and finds lessons in Vietnam's eventual prosperity.
During the first century of American colonization, as many as 20 million people in Mexico perished from disease, violence, and exploitation. Jennifer Scheper Hughes, a professor in the Department of History at the University of California, Riverside, examines this period from historical and theological perspectives in her new book, “The...
A new study sought to discover why Asian and Latino college students are less likely to use campus counseling services.
What's ranked-choice voting, how can it (possibly) lead to more centrist candidates, and what's it go to do with pie and ice cream? Read on...
New social studies curriculum aims to boost civic education in a polarized nation
Study finds it is an ordinary service business and more like other types of sex work than previously documented
When they don’t express negative emotions, women are seen as more effective leaders than men
When it comes to avoiding reputational costs of economic policy controls, there is safety in numbers. That’s the finding of a recent study of capital controls, or government restrictions on the cross-border movement of money and capital. The researchers assert it’s one of the most systematic studies yet of the...
Archaeologists find the answer in rabbit social behavior
The innovative Rule of 3 English-learning program completes its shift to an online portal.
Describing diseases as originating from animals foreign to the Western diet serves to boost stereotypes of Asian culture and increase discrimination, according to new research from UC Riverside, Texas Tech, and Texas A&M. Early in the COVID-19 outbreak, media reports identified its origin as meat and seafood markets in Wuhan...
Beginning around 1990, the demographic landscape of the Los Angeles area changed dramatically through an infusion of immigrants from Mexico and Central America. But historian Jorge Leal says its impact on the neighborhoods of the Los Angeles area has never been charted in earnest. With his recently published research, Leal...
Daryle Williams is a historian who co-directs the online database Enslaved.org.
“What are you … on their side?” The comment was one of many snarky remarks white teachers made about interactions between a Latino colleague and his diverse student population. In the staff lounge at the Sacramento, Calif., public school, the same teachers called the students “monkeys bouncing off the walls”...
UCR experts say Demi Lovato’s public announcement amplifies the conversation about gender identity.
John Martin Fischer, a leading philosopher of free will and moral responsibility, has written two companion essays exploring the ideas of mindfulness and living in the moment, which are often encapsulated in the phrase: “Be here now.” In the first piece, published by Aeon, Fischer sorts through various theories regarding...
Both religious and patriotic messages helped persuade white evangelicals to wear masks to protect against COVID-19. The lessons may carry over to vaccine messaging.
Juvenile Incarceration is a double-edged sword and rehabilitation programs may improve welfare of convicted juveniles
The book ‘Pachappa Camp: The First Koreatown in the United States’ was published this week by Professor Edward T. Chang.
