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November 01, 2022

Guns Go Permitless in Texas: First Results

The Wild, Wild West in Back. Sheriff Tom Schmerber reported an increase in shootings: “Now that everybody can carry a weapon, we have people who drink and start shooting each other. People get emotional, and instead of reaching for a fist, they reach for a weapon."...

October 31, 2022

Free Speech or Hate Speech: How Will Elon Musk’s Acquisition Impact Twitter?

The hashtag “RIP Twitter” made today’s trending list as users expressed their disappointment at the takeover...

October 31, 2022

More ‘Disease’ than ‘Dracula’ – How the Vampire Myth was Born

"I’m always fascinated by the vampire’s popularity, considering its origins – as a demonic creature strongly associated with disease."...

October 30, 2022

SWS: 2.9 million Filipino Families Experience ‘Involuntary Hunger’

The national Social Weather Survey of September 29 – October 2, 2022, the first under the administration of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr., found that 11.3% of Filipino families, or an estimated 2.9 million, experienced involuntary hunger...

October 25, 2022

When Filipino Parents in the US Encourage Their Children to Talk About Their Feelings and Promote Cultural Pride, Their Children’s Mental Health Improves

Many Filipino youths in the U.S. are not raised to celebrate their own history and culture, for reasons that include racism, discrimination and colonial mentality. Those with less cultural pride can be at risk of having lower self-esteem and poorer mental health....

October 24, 2022

HBO’s ‘House of the Dragon’ was Inspired by a Real Medieval Dynastic Struggle Over a Female Ruler

In three decades of teaching medieval European history, I’ve noticed my students are especially curious about the intersection of the stories told in class and the depictions of the Middle Ages they see in movies and television....

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