According to a major new poll for the French newspaper Le Figaro, only a small minority believe the riots were caused by police brutality and social exclusion. Almost half blame "the disappearance of authority".
A new paper looks at one unintended consequence of the MeToo movement: senior male academics became more reluctant to collaborate with junior female colleagues, thereby harming the latter’s career prospects.
In a recent survey, the average "very liberal" respondent guessed that 38% of Hispanic Americans prefer the term "Latinx". Yet according to surveys of Hispanic Americans themselves, the correct figure's less than 5%.
In a recent article, Steve Davies makes a fascinating prediction: over the next decade, re-joining the EU will become a right-wing cause, while maintaining close links with the US will become a left-wing cause.
With death rates and living standards stagnating, the NHS in crisis and net migration running at over 600,000, you could almost say the Conservatives are doing a lousy job in Government.
The journal Science has published an op-ed arguing that Peter Hotez shouldn't debate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. because public debates are simply "rhetorical matches". This view is mistaken, argues Noah Carl.
Is Trump Derangement Syndrome real? The answer appears to be "yes". Since Joe Biden took office in 2020, Donald Trump has been mentioned more often in the media than the U.S. president himself.
A recent survey asked Americans how many unarmed black men were killed by police in 2021. 28% of "very liberal" respondents said "about 1,000" and another 10% said "about 10,000" or greater. The correct answer is 11.
More evidence has come to light suggesting that Ukraine was behind the Nord Stream sabotage. According to intelligence seen by the Washington Post, the head of Ukraine's armed forces may have been involved.
On June 6th, Ukraine’s Kakhovka dam was destroyed, unleashing vast quantities of water that are now flooding downstream areas. The question, as in the case of the Nord Stream sabotage, is whodunnit?
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