Most mass killers have one common trait – a propensity for domestic violence. sdecoret/Shutterstock.com Lisa Aronson Fontes, University of Massachusetts Amherst What do most mass killers have in common? As a researcher who studies coercive control in intimate relationships, I can point out a few key characteristics. First, they are men. Additionally, they have a […]

Politics influences your operating environments, and we too often ignore it relative to identity. Understanding the political environment includes proactively and thoughtfully navigating issues and identifying the best answers to questions such as these: What political values and conflicts are operating within your community or nation? In what ways do social conflicts enter your workplace […]

Hollywood women who have spoken out against sexual harassment. Sarah L. Cook, Georgia State University Reporter Paula Froelich claims she once observed Harvey Weinstein assault a woman at a book party. Her editor responded with, “Maybe it’s not really a story.” As it turns out, Weinstein and others are becoming a never-ending story, as more […]

The latest entry in the Star Wars saga, The Last Jedi, is due to released in the U.S. on December 15. In anticipation of the film, we at Statista have asked the question – where is the real Star Wars universe? On our journey we discovered the real world filming locations for all of the […]

When Morning Consult polled over 330 thousand people in the U.S. about the companies and brands which make the most positive impact on their communities, parcel delivery service UPS came out on top. With 66 saying the impact is positive, only 3 percent felt it was negative (the remaining respondents either said they didn’t know […]

The American society can move ideas, products, and capital across geographic borders in milliseconds, but it has not meaningfully prepared Americans to deal with the divergent worldviews and agendas brought on by disruptive change. Our pressing challenge is not whether we can negotiate or resolve the conflicts arising from our identity-based differences, such as race, […]

Passionate feelings can lead to extreme divisions. pathdoc/Shutterstock.com Robert Kozinets, University of Southern California The people of the United States continue to learn how polarized and divided the nation has become. In one study released in late October by the Pew Research Center, Americans were found to have become increasingly partisan in their views. On […]

According to analysis by InfluencerDB, when it comes to sports stars on Instagram, there are two clear winners – Cristiano Ronaldo, and soccer itself. The Real Madrid superstar has the most followers, with over 113 million. In second place is Neymar. Fresh from his ridiculously costly move to PSG in the summer, the Brazilian has […]

Spirituality, in its purest form, is not an escape from the world but a richer engagement with it. Spirituality enables people to see more within the world and within others. It’s no surprise that this leads to a greater sense of fulfillment. A new survey from the Public Religion Research Institute has found that higher […]

In early October, Kevin Spacey was right where he wanted to be: singing and hamming it up in front of an admiring crowd. Inside Stage 33 on the CBS Television City lot in Los Angeles, a TV special celebrating the 50th anniversary of “The Carol Burnett Show” was being taped in front of a live […]