WASHINGTON, July 27 [Category: Psychiatry/Psychology] -- The American Psychological Association posted the following news release: * * * Political moderates may be perceived as disloyal by both sides * In the increasingly polarized political realm, moderates may be viewed as disloyal by both conservatives and liberals when the opposing side seems threatening, according to research published by the American Psychological Association. "Democratic systems rely heavily on compromise, negotiation and coalition building, and moderates are often  more PR

OTTAWA, Ontario, July 28 -- The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives issued the following commentary on July 27, 2026, by senior researcher and political economist Andrew Longhurst: * * * Alberta ends equal access to medical testing and treatment New legislative changes are formalizing Alberta's private-pay testing scheme that allows the wealthy to jump the line - As premiers and the prime minister gathered in Charlottetown from July 21-23 to discuss public health care at the Council of the Federation, the Alberta government was quietly more PR

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on July 27, 2026, Benjamin L. Schmitt, senior fellow at the Department of Physics and Astronomy and Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania, and Erin Bailey, intern at the Transatlantic Defense and Security Program: * * * Spoofing and Spillover: Russia Targets NATO Russia is using electronic warfare as another technique in its shadow war against NATO. - Russian shadow warfare is a many-headed hydra. Its efforts can ris more PR

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on July 27, 2026, by analyst Maksym Beznosiuk and Globsec associate fellow William Dixon. Dixon is also a senior associate fellow of the Royal United Services Institute. * * * Ukraine's Defense Crisis Isn't Over Yet For years, Ukraine's reformers have diagnosed the army's structural flaws from the sidelines. Now, they own the battle space. - It is tempting, but wrong, to see the crisis in Ukraine's war leadership as a simplified tale of personal more PR

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, July 27 -- Assumption University posted the following news: * * * Faculty Members Promoted in Summer 2026 * The following faculty members have been promoted to full Professors: Jessica de la Cruz, Professor, Education Jessica de la Cruz, Ph.D., has been promoted to full professor. De la Cruz is a professor of mathematics education, and in 2019, received a grant to increase high school students' and early college students' interest in becoming mathematics teachers. She holds a bachelor's and master's degree in mat more PR

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- The Giving Review, an independent platform featuring analysis of and commentary about philanthropy and giving, posted the following article on July 27, 2026, by Michael E. Hartmann: * * * A conversation with NYU School of Law's Daniel J. Hemel (Part 1 of 2) The author of "Madisonian Nonprofit Law" talks to Michael E. Hartmann about James Madison, Alexis de Tocqueville, checks and balances in the context of the nonprofit sector in general, some of the different ways in which nonprofits engage with and can check governme more PR

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Sen. John Curtis, R-Utah, issued the following news release: * * * Opinion: On This We Can Agree: Let's Stop Wildfires * Letter-to-the-Editor Submitted by U.S. Senator John Curtis (R-UT) WASHINGTON-In a letter responding to the Wall Street Journal editorial, "Trump and Bernie, Political Smokejumpers," U.S. Senator John Curtis (R-UT) argued that while the editorial correctly identifies American forest management failures, it overlooks the bipartisan legislative solutions already moving through Congress, including the  more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, July 28 -- The University of Pennsylvania Annenberg School for Communication issued the following news: * * * Political Communication Scholar Yphtach Lelkes Promoted to Full Professor Lelkes's work spans political communication, public opinion, and polarization, often using large-scale computational data and experiments to understand citizens' political attitudes. - Yphtach Lelkes has always been curious about why people think and behave the way they do, especially when it comes to politics. Lelkes, who was rec more PR