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Violence continues under Indian piecemeal approach

Legislation from last century allows paramilitary violence to continue in the North East of India.

360info · Sep 30, 2022

Study: Marital education benefits people's overall health

According to a study conducted by researchers at Indiana University, marital education is positively associated with people's overall health, with an effect size that rivals the impact of a person's own education. Read more on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Jun 27, 2022

Immigrants are only 3.5% of people worldwide – and their negative impact is often exaggerated, in the U.S. and around the world

-Ernesto Castañeda is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology at American University and the Director of the Immigration Lab. Castañeda explains why immigration is an important force counteracting population decline in the U.S. and why that matters to the economy and America’s global power. Below are highlights from…

The Conversation · Jun 13, 2022