Horsetalk.co.nz Was Phar Lap killed by gangsters? Fresh research explores which conspiracies people believe in and why
Phar Lap. (AP)
Almost a third of Australians believe the racehorse Phar Lap’s sudden death in San Francisco in 1932 was the result of poisoning by US gangsters. Researchers Mathew Marques, Jim McLennan, John Kerr, Mathew Ling and Matt Williams discuss their recently published research, which shows the power of conspiracy theories.
These are some classic conspiracy theories that almost everyone has heard about, and a sizeable number of people agree with. But little research has investigated “homegrown” conspiracy theories in Australia and New Zealand, and what drives people in these countries to believe in conspiracies. Are we much different from conspiracy believers elsewhere?
IMG 5286Dr. Sadaf Jaffer’s swearing-in for her first term as Mayor (Image provided by Fatima Naqvi)
Dr. Sadaf Jaffer became the first South Asian woman to serve as mayor of a municipality in New Jersey, and the first Muslim woman to serve as a mayor of a municipality in the United States. Jaffer is a Postdoctoral Research Associate of South Asian Studies at Princeton University where she teaches courses on South Asian, Islamic, and Asian American studies. She got her start in politics when she ran for local office in 2017 and won, becoming the first and only Democrat on the local government in Montgomery, NJ, in many years. In the following year, the Democratic Party won two more seats and Jaffer became the Mayor. She is now running for New Jersey State Assembly in Legislative District 16.
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