White patients are more likely than Black patients to be given opioid medication for pain in US emergency departments

Oct 30, 2023 10:56 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

White people who visit hospital emergency departments with pain are 26% more likely than Black people to be given opioid pain medications such as morphine. This was a key finding from our recent study, published in the...

Why young workers are leaving fossil fuel jobs – and what to do if you feel like 'climate quitting'

Oct 30, 2023 10:56 am UTC| Life

Are you frustrated with your employers lack of commitment to sustainability? Maybe climate quitting is for you. Climate quitting means leaving your job due to concerns about your employers impact on the climate or because...

How to redesign social media algorithms to bridge divides

Oct 30, 2023 10:56 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

Social media platforms have been implicated in conflicts of all scales, from urban gun violence to the storming of the US Capitol building on January 6 and civil war in South Sudan. Scientifically, it is difficult to tell...

Louisiana's 'In God We Trust' law tests limits of religion in public schools

Oct 30, 2023 10:55 am UTC| Life

When Louisiana passed a law in August 2023 requiring public schools to post In God We Trust in every classroom from elementary school to college the author of the bill claimed to be following a long-held tradition of...

A Halloween party in Boston turned ugly when a gang hurled antisemitic slurs and attacked Jewish teenagers

Oct 30, 2023 10:55 am UTC| Life

On a chilly Halloween night in late October 1950, dozens of Jewish teenagers and their friends gathered for merriment in the Boston neighborhood of Dorchester at the Hecht House, a Jewish community center that provided job...

Too many products are easier to throw away than fix – NZ consumers deserve a ‘right to repair’

Oct 27, 2023 15:08 pm UTC| Life

There was time when the family washing machine would last decades, with each breakdown fixed by the friendly local repairman. But those days are long gone. Today, it is often faster, easier and cheaper to replace...

Workplace tensions: How and when bystanders can make a difference

Oct 27, 2023 15:06 pm UTC| Life

In todays climate of global political tensions and polarization, workplaces are filled with conflicting viewpoints. When employees hold political identities and perspectives that do not align with their co-workers, they...