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Livia Gershon

Livia Gershon is a freelance writer in Nashua, New Hampshire. Her writing has appeared in publications including Salon, Aeon Magazine and the Good Men Project. Contact her on Twitter @liviagershon.

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Education & Society

Making Child Support Work Better for Children

Do child support laws actually benefit children?
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Business & Economics

How the “Boomerang Generation” Sees Itself — and Adulthood

Researchers looked at young people's sense of their identity as adults after moving back home, with results published in Sociological Forum in 2008.
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Business

When Soda Was Virtuous

Soda had a virtuous aura a century ago.
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Business

Self-Employment: Exciting Opportunity or Last Resort?

Does self-employment open up new opportunities or exploit a vulnerable workforce?
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Business

Do Living Wage Laws Work?

What do living wage laws mean to workers and local economies?
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Business & Economics

Falling Oil Prices are Worse for Conservation than You Think

It's not just falling oil prices but any price volatility that makes conservation a harder sell.
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Education

Making College Work for Student-Athletes

What factors might help student-athletes at Division I schools get the most from their years at school?
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Education & Society

Playboy‘s Complicated Relationship with Feminism

Playboy has begun producing some surprisingly feminist content in recent months.
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Education

The Surprisingly Long History of School Lunch as Teaching Tool

Research behind the history of school lunch.
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Business

How Not to Pay for Race Discrimination

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently announced that it's suing four Whitten Inn hotels over race discrimination
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Arts & Culture

Will the Fall of Cable Mean Darker TV?

Last week, HBO and CBS both announced plans for stand-alone online services, leading to much chatter about the end of cable TV as we know it.
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Politics & Government

Interview with MacArthur Fellow Sarah Deer: Native Women and the Law

MacArthur Fellow Sarah Deer discusses her legal work in preventing sexual violence among the Native American population.
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Business & Economics

What’s the Return on Investment for Having a Kid?

Raising kids is expensive. What do parents get in return?
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Education & Society

Does Lobbying Really Help Corporations?

Analysis found that big lobbying doesn't necessarily go together with big profits.
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Education

Scholarly Advice for Potential New Undergrads

Some counterintuitive advice for students.
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Business

Should Smoking Pot Get You Fired?

The Supreme Court of Colorado, where marijuana use is now legal, is considering whether workers can be fired for smoking pot outside of working hours.
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Education

Undocumented at College

The effects of allowing undocumented students to receive in-state tuition rates at their state colleges and universities.
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Business & Economics

Why Growing More Food Won’t Stop Hunger

Hunger is still a major issue. At the same time, the world produces twice as much food as it needs.
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Art & Art History

Homes of The River Gods: The History of American Mansions

Mansions hold a special place in the American imagination, and dates back to colonial days.
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Politics & Government

The Public Wife: Is Maureen McDonnell to Blame for Her Husband’s Downfall?

Maureen McDonnell was found guilty, along with her husband, Gov. Bob McDonnell. What role do spouses have in political scandals?
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Business

The Many Meanings of McDonalds

McDonalds means different things in different places.
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Business

How will Apple Pay Change Our Lives? Ask a Kenyan.

Cell phones have transformed the economic lives of people in Africa in all sorts of ways.
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Politics & Government

MacArthur Fellow Jennifer L. Eberhardt Shines Light on Racism and Criminal Justice

Social psychologist Jennifer L. Eberhardt has won a MacArthur fellowship for her research in criminal justice reform.
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Business

Economists Investigate Why We Tip

The economic research behind the history of tipping
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Business

Tesla Motors and the ‘Great American Jobs Scam’

Electric car maker Tesla Motors announced it would build a huge battery factory in Nevada. What does research tell us about tax subsidies?

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