Society, Law & Politics
- Professor of Law Scott Skinner-Thompson, who focuses on LGBTQ+ and HIV legal issues, discusses the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling involving the 303 Creative company, and legal implications for LGBTQ+ rights.
- A recently published paper co-authored by ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder’s Fernando Villanea offers new insights into what happened to the populations of Central Mexico a millennium ago.
- Don Grant’s new book takes readers inside a hospital where nurses and others tending to patients are navigating between science and spirituality.
- Indigenous peoples as far north as Wyoming and Idaho may have begun to care for horses by the first half of the 17th century, according to a new study by researchers from 15 countries and multiple Native American groups.
- Why do some issues become politicized? ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä experts explain why, and how voting rights, climate change and abortion became rallying cries for political parties.
- Young adults living in high-crime areas have an increased genetic risk for Type 2 diabetes, according to a recently published study. A key takeaway is that genes are not an irrefutable crystal ball predicting people’s health future. The environment plays a significant role as well.
- A study finds that those on the ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder and Colorado State University campuses showed high levels of mask use and positive attitudes about masks during pandemic.
- Roughly 1,000 years ago, ancient peoples carried more than 200,000 heavy timbers entirely on foot to a site in the modern-day Four Corners region called Chaco Canyon. ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder researchers think they know how such a feat of human endurance may have been possible.
- Enjoy a Q&A with Professor Ahmed White, whose new book gives a dramatic, deeply researched account of how legal repression and vigilantism brought down the Wobblies, and how the destruction of their union haunts us to this day.
- A study co-authored by a ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder professor suggests biased jury decisions are associated with social cognitive processes such as cultural and racial stereotyping.