Society, Law & Politics
- This year, the pop megastar has become a regular at Kansas City Chiefs NFL games, but not everyone is happy about seeing her on screen. CU Boulder’s Jamie Skerski gives her take on why Swift is facing such a backlash, and how it reflects a boys-only culture in the world of football.
- Findings from a recent workshop on open data publication and reuse in social science research are now available. Read more about the pitfalls and promises of policy guidance that requires researchers of all disciplines to make publications and data publicly available.
- In a new survey of Colorado voters, 75% of self-identified Democrats agreed that “elections across the country will be conducted fairly and accurately" in 2024. Only 46% of independents and 41% of Republicans shared the sentiment.
- Thomas Pegelow Kapalan—professor of Holocaust studies focusing on modern German-Jewish history, histories of violence and language—shares his take on the significance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, its historical context and its impact on shaping collective memory.Â
- A new CU Boulder analysis found that, with U.S. voters, climate concerns likely gave Democrats the White House in 2020.
- A new, full-scale skeleton of a Triceratops dinosaur has arrived on campus, shining a light on Colorado’s ancient past—a time when creatures like this three-horned dinosaur tromped through landscapes with palm trees, and flying reptiles with 20-foot wingspans called pterosaurs soared through the sky.Â
- Mike McDevitt, a professor of journalism at the College of Media, Communication and Information, shares ideas for reporters looking to stop authoritarianism and advocate for democracy.
- CU Boulder doctoral candidate Tracy Fehr’s research examines the intersecting identities limiting Nepali women’s access to disaster relief funds following the devastating 2015 earthquakes.
- Assistant Professor William Taylor’s new study sheds light on how the introduction of horses in South America led to rapid economic and social transformation in the region.
- There’s no playbook for covering mass shootings. But that may soon change, as Elizabeth Skewes studies how the media can tell the right story—by being more considerate to victims and survivors.