Insights and Impact Research, trends, and action

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All the News That’s Fit to Pillage 

In her new book, SOC professor Margot Susca  examines the forces behind newspaper closures and layoffs

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Q&A: X Marks the Spot 

Kogod professor Benjamin Wright on whether users will ever adopt Twitter's new moniker 

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Future or Fiction: Life after Death 

Kourtnii Brown, SIS/MA ’09, cofounder and CEO, California Alliance for Community Composting, on human composting 

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A Dad’s Duty 

When his daughter was diagnosed with brain cancer, Joe Zachmann became an advocate

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Ladies First 

A first-of-its-kind textbook, coauthored by SPA's Anita McBride, “fills a gap in the academic literature” on America's first ladies 

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The Dirty Secret About Nasty Politics

Voters don't like insults and intimidation, so why do they reward such bad behavior at the ballot box?

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From Fixers to Figureheads 

SPA professor Tricia Bacon's groundbreaking new research explores terror in transition 

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At Issue 

Women are burned out and fed up, according to a new poll from SPA's Women and Politics Institute