From person to person, the spread of online hate can be rapid. Connections via shutterstock.com In late February, the headline of a news commentary website that receives more than 2.8 million monthly visitors announced, “Jews Destroy Another One of Their Own Graveyards to Blame Trump.” The story, inspired by the recent desecration of a Jewish […]

James Alex Fields Jr., second from left, holds a black shield in Charlottesville, Virginia, where a white supremacist rally took place. Alan Goffinski via AP The attack in Charlottesville, Virginia, in which a man named James Alex Fields Jr. used his Dodge Challenger as a weapon against a crowd of protesters, underscores the growing violence […]

0ver the weekend, far-right demonstrators including neo-Nazis and Ku Klux Klan members were involved in violent clashes with counter-protesters. A woman was killed and 19 other people were injured on Saturday when a car ran into a crowd protesting against the rally. In the wake of the clashes, U.S. President Donald Trump was criticized from […]

Media reports have stated that the Justice Department under President Donald Trump is planning to investigate a complaint of discrimination against Harvard University brought by a coalition of Asian-American groups. From our perspective as scholars who study affirmative action, race and diversity in higher education, the complaint reflects a flawed understanding of race-conscious education policies […]

Most business leaders don’t publically speak out on contentious political or societal issues out of fear of losing customers or getting caught up in ideological battles that cost revenue. Others are outspoken because voicing their views on current affairs can actually be a marketing asset, as some people “favor CEOs who voice their opinions and […]

While the middle class is shrinking in many western countries, the global outlook sets a rather different picture. According to Brookings Institute which analyzed data from the World Data Lab, the vast majority of the next billion people escaping economic vulnerability will come from Asia. As our graphic illustrates, almost 87 percent of the new […]

Despite major setbacks to the so-called Islamic State in recent months, the results of a new global survey by Pew Research Center show that the terror group is still considered the biggest threat in the world. A median 62 percent of respondents from the 28 countries said that ‘ISIS‘ is a major threat to their […]