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Search News Jul 27 2022 Life Expectancy Drops for Native Americans Due to COVID-19 Native Americans experienced disproportionately high rates of deaths from COVID-19 due to poverty, crowded housing, high rates of chronic disease,… News Jul 07 2022 Life Expectancy Drops from 81 to 79 Years in California During COVID-19 The state of California enforced some of the most rigid COVID-19 restrictions, yet also experienced a significant drop in life expectancy during the… News May 25 2022 Regrow, Not Reuse: How Restoring Abandoned Farms Can Mitigate Climate Change Around the world, hundreds of millions of acres of land are being abandoned due to what’s known as “rural outmigration,” or people leaving for urban… 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 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 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 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 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 Aug 17 2021 SPIA Reacts: Taliban Takeover in Afghanistan The Taliban stormed Kabul on Sunday, stealing control of Afghanistan from the Afghan government. Now, Afghans and Americans present in the country… 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 16 2021 Despite Sea-Level Rise Risks, Migration to Some Threatened Coastal Areas May Increase In coming decades as coastal communities around the world are expected to encounter sea-level rise, the general expectation has been that people’s… 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 Dec 11 2020 Polarization Increases with Economic Decline, Becoming Cripplingly Contagious The rise of populist movements is changing political systems around the world. As support for these “anti-elite” movements intensifies, many are… 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 Oct 12 2020 Tighter Border Policies Leave Migrants Vulnerable to Effects of Climate Change Open Borders Strengthen Developing Countries Economically As the planet continues to warm, people living in the world’s most vulnerable regions —… 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 May 29 2019 Universal Approaches to Promoting Healthy Development Princeton University and the Brookings Institution released “Universal Approaches to Promoting Healthy Development” on May 29. News Apr 24 2019 Inequality Gap Grew Before the Great Recession and After, Study Finds The Great Recession hit Americans across the socioeconomic spectrum, with some still working to recover economically. Yet, the drivers behind these… 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…
