The online vitriol in response to Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s attacks against journalist Taylor Lorenz is just one example of gender-based online violence—a phenomenon that is all too common, but relatively understudied. To better understand how this harassment takes place, Megan Brown, Zeve Sanderson, and Maria Alejandra Silva Ortega examined three instances in which female journalists were targeted by prominent male media figures and the harassment that ensued.
With constantly changing public health circumstances, uncertain academic outcomes, and other divisive challenges, COVID-19 has showcased the need for deeper engagement between families and educators. Rebecca Winthrop shares five ways to improve family-school collaboration and explains how these efforts benefit kids.
The Biden administration has prided itself on breaking with its predecessor in many areas, but when it comes to the greatest foreign policy challenge facing the United States—China—Biden’s team has continued Trump’s destructive approach. Jeffrey Bader provides recommendations for a better path in dealing with China.
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