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/ 1 year agoSpicy food might burn in the moment, but it likely won’t harm your health in the long term
After a 14-year-old died doing a viral spicy chip challenge, many parents have called for more awareness about the risks of...
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/ 1 year agoWhy more school counselors and psychologists alone won’t solve America’s mental health crisis among students
Not enough time is being set aside for school counselors and psychologists to help students work on mental health issues, a...
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/ 1 year agoWhy Al-Aqsa remains a sensitive site in Palestine-Israel conflict
The Al-Aqsa mosque, a flashpoint in Hama’ recent assault against Israel, hosts daily prayers and Friday gatherings. It lies adjacent to...
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/ 1 year agoToday’s white working-class young men who turn to racist violence are part of a long, sad American history
Throughout US history, racist attacks against racial minorities were committed by white men grappling with their masculinity and social status.
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/ 1 year agoGlacial lake outburst floods in Alaska and the Himalayas show evolving hazards in a warming world
Alaska has at least 120 glacier-dammed lakes, and almost all have drained at least once since 1985, a new study shows....
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/ 1 year agoAre people born with good balance? A physical therapist explains the systems that help keep you on your toes
Balancing well is a whole-body experience that develops over time and takes practice to master.
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/ 1 year agoHamas assault echoes 1973 Arab-Israeli war – a shock attack and questions of political, intelligence culpability
Failings leading up to the Arab-Israeli War of 50 years ago cost the then Israeli prime minister their job. Could history...
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/ 1 year agoThe Israel-Hamas war: No matter who loses, Iran wins
The Palestinian fighters who launched deadly attacks into Israel on Oct. 7 are not Iranian puppets – but they are doing...
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/ 1 year agoIranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi, in prison for speaking up against human rights violations, has been a voice for women for almost two decades
Narges Mohammadi is the second Iranian woman, after Shirin Ebadi, to win the Nobel Peace Prize. She remains locked up in...
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/ 1 year agoBison are sacred to Native Americans − but each tribe has its own special relationship to them
Efforts are being made to develop the capacity of Native tribes to manage bison and bison habitats. An Indigenous scholar explains...
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/ 1 year agoWhy the UAW union’s tough bargaining strategy is working
The companies are making more generous offers, and the union is commanding support from the general public and the president of...
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/ 1 year agoThe pope’s new letter isn’t just an ‘exhortation’ on the environment – for Francis, everything is connected, which is a source of wonder
Integral ecology, a holistic way of looking at problems the world faces today, is key in the pope’s writings about the...
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/ 1 year ago20 years after the publication of ‘Purple Hibiscus,’ a generation of African writers have followed in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s footsteps
African immigrant writers possess particularly acute insights into the way race and racism affect daily life in the US.
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/ 1 year agoOften in error but still seductive: Why we can’t quit election polls
The unusual candidacy of former President Donald Trump has made election polling especially appealing, more than a year from the election....
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/ 1 year agoHealth on the ballot as Argentina poised to elect ‘anarcho-capitalist’ bent on slashing social protections
Argentinians will vote in a new president on Oct. 22, 2023. But the front-runner’s plans to slash health funding might find...
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/ 1 year agoCalling the war in Ukraine a ‘tragedy’ shelters its perpetrators from blame and responsibility
Calling something a ‘tragedy’ serves to minimize human responsibility for its causes, which can be convenient for the people who are...
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/ 1 year agoWhy are thousands of Kaiser health care workers on strike? 5 questions answered
Workers are objecting to staffing levels they say endanger patient care and are refusing their employer’s offer that includes raises that...
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/ 1 year agoLego’s ESG dilemma: Why an abandoned plan to use recycled plastic bottles is a wake-up call for supply chain sustainability
Corporate supply chains are riddled with high, uncounted emissions, as Lego discovered. New regulations mean more companies will face tough, sometimes...
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/ 1 year agoWhat today’s labor leaders can learn from the explosive rise and quick fall of the typesetters union
History suggests that there’s risk of overplaying one’s hand when new technology is lurking.
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/ 1 year ago2 in 5 US babies benefit from the WIC nutrition program
Funding for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children quickly halts during government shutdowns.
