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Search News Dec 14 2021 Antidepressant Treatment for Postpartum Depression May Be Overprescribed In countries like the U.S. and the Netherlands, antidepressants are a commonly prescribed treatment for postpartum depression. But a new study by… News Dec 06 2021 People Unknowingly Group Themselves Together Online, Fueling Political Polarization Across the U.S. As people curate their online news feeds, they may be unwillingly sorting themselves into polarized networks, according to a study led by researchers… News Dec 06 2021 Like a Natural System, Democracy Faces Collapse as Polarization Leads to Loss of Diversity, Series of Interdisciplinary Studies Find Much like an overexploited ecosystem, the increasingly polarized political landscape in the United States — and much of the world — is experiencing a… News Dec 02 2021 Native American Deaths from COVID-19 Highest Among Racial Groups Native Americans experience substantially greater rates of COVID-19 mortality compared with other racial and ethnic groups, according to a new study… News Dec 01 2021 Policy Interventions Could Help Farmers Economically Survive in Vulnerable Regions In the grasslands of Nepal’s Chitwan Valley, local farmers rely on the production of rice and other grains to generate household income. But their… News Oct 20 2021 Lead Remediation Efforts Show Promise for Safe Drinking Water in New York City Public Schools Since the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, many states have passed legislation requiring public schools to assess and treat lead in their drinking… News Sep 30 2021 Immigration Boosts U.S. Life Expectancy If immigrants to the United States formed their own country, their pre-COVID-19 life expectancies would exceed or match those of the world’s leaders… News Sep 29 2021 SPIA Reacts: Haitians at the Texas Border Thousands of Haitian migrants flocked to Del Rio, Texas, in recent weeks to attempt border crossing into the U.S. Since then, the Department of… News Sep 28 2021 Life Expectancy Gap Between Black and White Americans Closes Nearly 50% in 30 Years Persistent gaps in life expectancy between Black and white Americans have been highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic. News Sep 02 2021 Lack of Protections in the Workplace Leave Frontline Workers of Color at High Risk for COVID-19 Exposure Black, Latino, and Native American frontline workers are more likely to work in occupations with a higher risk of COVID-19 exposure with less… News Mar 08 2021 Life Expectancy Falling for Adults Without a Bachelor’s Degree Life expectancy in the United States dropped in 2020 due to COVID-19, but, for American adults without a college degree, an increase in mortality… News Feb 11 2021 Diversity in Policing Can Improve Police-Civilian Interactions The recent killings of Black Americans have reignited calls for policing reform, including proposals to diversify police departments, which have… News Jan 14 2021 Covid-19 Reduced U.S. life Expectancy, Especially Among Black and Latino Populations The Covid-19 pandemic, which claimed more than 336,000 lives in the United States in 2020, has significantly affected life expectancy, University of… News Nov 30 2020 Covid-19 Shutdowns Disproportionately Affected Low-Income Black Households The alarming rate at which Covid-19 has killed Black Americans has highlighted the deeply embedded racial disparities in the U.S. health care system… News Nov 16 2020 Implementing Carbon Pricing during the Pandemic Could Help Countries Recover Greener, Smarter Countries across the globe have been struggling to deal with the impact of Covid-19 and its accompanying economic slowdown. As economies “build back… News Nov 16 2020 People in Developing Countries Eat Less Bushmeat as They Migrate from Rural to Urban Areas People around the world, especially in developing countries in Africa, Asia, and South America, consume wild game, or bushmeat, whether out of… News Jun 02 2020 Discrimination, Inequality May Erase ‘Birthweight Advantage' of Black U.S. Immigrants in One Generation Black women have the highest prevalence of low birthweight babies compared to other racial and ethnic groups, but black immigrants typically have… News Jan 15 2020 Social Networks May Drive College Decisions Younger siblings may indeed look up to their older kin — to the point that it influences where they go to college.Using data from centralized school… News Jun 18 2018 Mental Health Declining Among Disadvantaged American Adults American adults of low socioeconomic status report increasing mental distress and worsening well-being, according to a new study by Princeton… News Mar 28 2018 Diversity of Student Body Falls as Tuition Rises A $1,000 tuition increase at four-year nonselective public institutions is associated with a 4.5 percent drop in campus diversity among full-time… News Feb 13 2018 By 2100, Arid Cities Will Suffer from More Severe Heat Waves than Temperate Cities Heat waves are among the deadliest and most common of environmental extremes. As the earth continues to warm due to the buildup of greenhouse gases,…
