By Stell Simonton Juvenile Justice Information Exchange Every young life starts out with promise, and the adults who love a child yearn for that child to have a bright future. But what if a simple barrier at an…
By Esther Canty-Barnes The Conversation On Wednesday, July 6, the four-year-old daughter of Diamond Reynolds witnessed the killing of Philando Castile by a Minnesota police officer. She and her mother sat in close proximity to Castile when he was shot. A…
Cultural Survival On June 28th, 2016, the President of Canada, Justin Trudeau, and the President of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto, issued a joint statement declaring that they have reached an accord regarding Indigenous Peoples. The statement affirmed “the importance of a…
By Ernesto Cicchitelli and Ivan Valladares Council on Hemispheric Affairs The stress faced by the European Union (EU) due to a large inflow of Syrian refugees at its borders, has led an increasing amount of countries towards stricter immigration…
By Andy Henion Futurity Living around people with opposing political viewpoints may affect a person’s ability to form close relationships and accept other perspectives, a national study finds. It might also affect personality. “Obviously, Trump supporters exist, and Clinton…
By Marcia G. Yerman Moms Clean Air Force Extreme heat waves are happening with alarming regularity. (Tweet this) Summer used to be the time for kids to be outside non-stop. Now, both children and adults need more information…
By Sandro Galea and Michael Siegel The Conversation (Editor’s Note: The following piece was obviously written before the shooting and killing of 5 Dallas police officers on July 7, 2016. In light of the ongoing gun violence in the…
By Natalie Gross Latino Ed Beat If you haven’t yet heard of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the use of race as a factor in college admissions, you may have at least seen the #BeckyWithTheBadGrades buzz on Twitter…
By Steve Hinnefeld Futurity Girls who were overweight as children are likely to begin using cigarettes, marijuana, or alcohol at an earlier age than peers who were a healthy weight, a new study suggests. But the correlation only shows…
By Sarah Barr Juvenile Justice Information & Exchange This year, several states have passed or are considering reforms that aim to reduce the number of teenagers charged in adult criminal court. Some of the most aggressive changes focus…
By Cliff Despres Salud Today More Americans are eating healthier, but a widening nutrition gap is separating Whites from Latinos and African Americans, according to a new study, the L.A. Times reports. The study, which examined 34,000 U.S. adults’ diets from…
By Katharine Keane Saving Places When I Google “Edificio Jose Marti,” the all-knowing search engine generates few links related to the building I am researching: a building database with little more than the address listed, a 2008 “Miami…
By Tony N. Brown and Evelyn Patterson The Conversation Mass incarceration damages individuals and communities in ways that scholars are just starting to explore. New research that we’ve published with our colleague Mary Laske Bell shows that African American men who…
Moms Clean Air Force This originally posted on EcoWatch: Two leading national environmental groups — Clean Air Task Force (CATF) and Earthworks — unveiled a suite of tools Wednesday designed to inform and mobilize Americans about the health risks…
By Clifton B. Parker Futurity New research on thousands of police interactions finds significant racial differences in how police in Oakland, California, treat African Americans during traffic and pedestrian stops. The researchers suggest 50 measures, divided here into…
By Natalie Gross Latino Ed Beat It’s been a month since a proposed textbook for Mexican-American studies courses in Texas spurred widespread controversy over allegations of racism and inaccuracy, and ethnic studies advocates who convened at a 200-person summit in San…
By Carlos Valenzuela SaludToday Puerto Ricans and Mexican Americans living in the U.S., are in poorer health conditions than other Latino groups according to a recent report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), The Bismarck Tribune Reports. The report…
By Zachary Cohen Council on Hemispheric Affairs In the 1960s, Mexican migrant farm workers within the United States endured countless challenges including low wages, inhumane conditions, and a lack of political rights. However, the actions of multiple labor unions…
By Sandro Galea and Ziming Xuan The Conversation Editor’s note: We turned to two public health researchers on gun violence to help us understand the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub in Florida. Sandro Galea is the dean of Boston…
By Angie Hunt Futurity In a growing number of immigrant families in the US, parents and their teenage children don’t speak the same language fluently. New research suggests this language barrier can have negative consequences for adolescent self-control and…
By Teddy Nykiel NerdWallet High school juniors, soon-to-be seniors: As you’re headed into a year of varsity letters, last hurrahs and anticipation for the new beginning that’s now just around the corner, don’t forget about college applications and…
By David Alpher The Conversation Take America back from those who have stolen it. Protect America from those who want to destroy it. Restore the principles that these usurpers betrayed. These are the messages that have defined the…
By Sarah Barr Juvenile Justice Information Exchange WASHINGTON — Out-of-school suspensions dropped 20 percent nationally in recent years, but students of color and students with disabilities are still more likely to face harsh discipline than their peers, according to…
By Carlos A Valenzuela SaludToday Obese young adults in the U.S., especially Mexican-Americans, are at high risk of developing kidney disease, Health Day reports. “Even though chronic kidney disease typically manifests in older people, the disease can start much earlier but…
By Andy Henion Futurity A strained marriage may actually improve the health of men with diabetes, new research shows. Why? It may be because wives are constantly regulating their husband’s health behaviors, especially if he is in poor…
