By Radostina Purvanova, Drake University and Alanah Mitchell, Drake University Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted office life, American workplaces are settling into a new rhythm. Employees in remote-friendly …
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With Hooters on the verge of bankruptcy, a psychologist reflects on her time spent studying the servers who work there
By Dawn Szymanski, University of Tennessee In 1983, six businessmen got together and opened the first Hooters restaurant in Clearwater, Florida. Hooters of America LLC quickly became a restaurant chain …
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Losing your job is bad for your health, but there are things you can do to minimize the harm
By Jeffrey Anvari-Clark, University of North Dakota The Trump administration’s firing and furloughing of tens of thousands of federal workers and contractors have obviously caused economic hardship for Americans employed …
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Signal is not the place for top secret communications, but it might be the right choice for you
By Frederick Scholl, Quinnipiac University When top White House defense and national security leaders discussed plans for an attack on targets in Yemen over the messaging app Signal, it raised …
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After months of Trump’s shock tactics, whistleblower groups are pushing back against attacks on workers’ rights
By Kate Kenny, University of Galway In the US, under president Donald Trump, rapid assaults on civil servants’ rights, including their rights to speak out about wrongdoing, are increasingly part …
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Avoiding your neighbor because of how they voted? Democracy needs you to talk to them instead
By Betsy Sinclair, Washington University in St. Louis Are you angry about politics right now? Seething? You’re not alone. According to the Mood of the Nation Poll by researchers at …
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By Megan Gerhardt, Miami University Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, the United States finds itself in the midst of another public health crisis. This particular pandemic is a …
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