By Mark Griffiths, Director of the International Gaming Research Unit and Professor of Behavioural Addiction, Nottingham Trent University
Paraphilias are often viewed negatively as sexual deviancy. Although some paraphilias are illegal, most are harmless when they are engaged by consenting adults.
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By Jeannette Wicks-Lim, Research Professor, Political Economy Research Institute, UMass Amherst
Jasmine Kerrissey, Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of the Labor Center, UMass Amherst
The federal minimum wage for tipped workers has stood at US$2.13 an hour since 1991. Back then, it amounted to half the $4.25 regular minimum wage. But Congress has failed to increase the tipped minimum while periodically raising the regular wage floor. Today, the tipped rate is less than one-third of the $7.25 federal full minimum wage.
As of October 2024, 30 states and Washington, D.C., had instituted their own, higher,…
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By Shannon Sauer-Zavala, Associate Professor of Psychology & Licensed Clinical Psychologist, University of Kentucky
Given the polarized political climate in the US, it’s hard not to be affected by the election. But there are ways to make sure stress and uncertainty don’t send you on a downward spiral.
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By Nathan Critch, Research Associate, Department of Politics, University of Manchester
Andy Westwood, Professor of Government Practice , University of Manchester
Dave Richards, Professor of Public Policy, University of Manchester
Chancellor Rachel Reeves presented Labour’s first budget in 14 years by promising to put an “end to short-termism”.
British governments typically see budgets as an opportunity to present policies providing short-term gain…
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By Mark Griffiths, Director of the International Gaming Research Unit and Professor of Behavioural Addiction, Nottingham Trent University
Paraphilias are often viewed negatively as sexual deviancy. Although some paraphilias are illegal, most are harmless when they are engaged by consenting adults.
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By Jenni Ramone, Associate Professor of Postcolonial and Global Literatures, Nottingham Trent University
The first episode of the TV adaptation of Mr Loverman is preceded by the quotation: “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” Those words, voiced by protagonist Barry, belong to writer and civil rights activist James Baldwin, from his 1962 New York Times…
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By Mathew Clement, Research Fellow at the School of Medicine, Cardiff University
Glioblastoma is the most common and deadliest form of brain cancer. Patients face a bleak prognosis – the average survival after diagnosis is between 12 and 15 months.…
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By Robert Davies, Research Assistant, Forensic Linguistics, Aston University
Emily Chiang, Research Associate, Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics, Aston University
This article contains spoilers for We Solve Murders.
We Solve Murders is the latest crime novel from Richard Osman, bestselling author of The Thursday Murder Club series. The story follows Amy Wheeler, a bodyguard for the security firm Maximum Impact, and her father-in-law, Steve Wheeler, a former London detective now handling small-town investigations in rural England.
Amy’s latest assignment is to protect Rosie D'Antonio, the world’s most famous author (“if you don’t count Lee Child”). However,…
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By Anthony Montgomery, Professor in Occupational & Organisational Psychology, Northumbria University, Newcastle
The sacking of a top football manager is not unusual. It happens frequently, every season. The latest (well-compensated) victim is Erik ten Hag, who was shown the door at Manchester United on October 28 2024.
The club released a statement…
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By James Cooper, Associate Professor of History and American Studies, York St John University
With everything else that is going on in US politics, it would be easy to forget the 40th anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s landslide re-election in 1984.
But Donald Trump and his supporters seem keen on keeping the memory of Reagan alive, and building on his foundations. Project 2025 – the 920-page blueprint for a second Trump term from conservative thinktank the Heritage Foundation – mentions Reagan 71…
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