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/ 9 months agoMexico elects first female president − but will that improve the lot of country’s women?
After her historic win, President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum will face pressure to address her country’s gender violence.
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/ 9 months agoOnline shoppers behave differently after chatting with staff of the opposite gender, new research shows – here’s why businesses should be paying attention
Not even online shopping is free from gender bias.
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/ 9 months agoReturning a 170-year-old preserved lizard to Jamaica is a step toward redressing colonial harms
Not all reparations involve money. Returning unique scientific resources is also a way of showing respect and righting past harms.
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/ 9 months agoAnti-abortion rights activists navigate a new, post-Roe landscape, as state bans mean they can ‘save babies’
While anti-abortion rights activists have lobbied politicians to enforce trigger laws in some states, these advocates have not faced opposition in...
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/ 9 months agoSchool boards, long locally focused and nonpartisan, get dragged into the national political culture wars
A tradition of nonpartisanship on locally elected school boards is changing, following a national shift toward divisive political partisanship.
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/ 9 months agoWho gets to decide what counts as ‘disorder’?
Framing dissent and poverty as a menace to public order can threaten fundamental rights, particularly when it’s used to justify the...
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/ 9 months agoPrenatal supplements fall woefully short in providing crucial nutrition during pregnancy – and most women don’t even know it
Many prenatal supplements don’t have enough folate, choline and omega-3 fatty acids.
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/ 9 months agoWhy the future of democracy could depend on your group chats
Americans associate with each other more online than off these days. How people interact in digital communities could have a big...
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/ 9 months agoWhy do astronomers look for signs of life on other planets based on what life is like on Earth?
It’s hard to look for something you’ve never seen before – and that might not even exist. But you have to...
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/ 9 months agoPerception of campus police is more negative among students from minority groups
Prior encounters with police didn’t negatively affect student views of campus police, but perceptions varied among students from different ethnic and...
