Since 2020, firearms have been the number one cause of death among children and teens in the United States, surpassing even car accidents, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2022, more than ...
Social Sciences
Nov 6, 2023
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College students who identify as part of minoritized groups have more negative perceptions about how their peers might react if they were to disclose experiences of sexual violence, a recent Oregon State University study ...
Social Sciences
Oct 24, 2023
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Suicide is a complex behavior that is widely regarded as a significant public health issue across the globe. It is influenced by psychiatric, psychological, biological, social, cultural, economic and existential factors. ...
Social Sciences
Sep 21, 2023
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In his 2019 opinion in Box v Planned Parenthood, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote an impassioned concurrence describing abortions based on sex, disability or race as a form of 'modern-day eugenics.' He defended the challenged ...
Social Sciences
Feb 2, 2023
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In the wake of the beating death of Tyre Nichols earlier this month, some experts have questioned whether police officers are even needed in responding to routine traffic stops.
Social Sciences
Jan 31, 2023
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Black women involved in the legal system disproportionately experience intimate partner violence (IPV) but currently have few options for tailored interventions that consider intersectionality, according to a Penn State College ...
Social Sciences
Jan 20, 2023
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Next week the United Nations intergovernmental negotiating committee will meet in Uruguay to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution. There is concern brewing among scientists that the negotiations ...
Environment
Nov 22, 2022
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College athletes—about 30% of whom experience sexual violence during college—want more certainty about receiving a policy violation finding in their favor, as well as policies that protect them if they happen to have ...
Social Sciences
Nov 8, 2022
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States are acting to decriminalize possession of most or all controlled substances, according to updated data released today by the Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research on LawAtlas.org that provide a high-level ...
Social Sciences
Sep 8, 2022
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There have already been more than 300 mass shootings in the United States this year—the latest at a 4th of July parade in the Highland Park suburb of Chicago that left seven people dead and dozens injured. As the nation ...
Social Sciences
Jul 7, 2022
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