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Month: May 2022

Politics & Global Issues

Seattle democracy vouchers increase donations, number of candidates in city elections

May 26, 2022

Each odd-year election cycle since 2017, four $25 democracy vouchers have arrived in the mail for registered voters in Seattle.This article was originally published on this website.

Society & Community

Gun violence: Experts discuss causes, trends, solutions

May 26, 2022

The recent string of mass shootings has once again captured the attention of the American public. The tragic shootings in an elementary school in Texas, a grocery store in New York, a church in California […]

Politics & Global Issues

1 in 5 state GOP lawmakers in far-right Facebook groups, study says

May 26, 2022

Nearly 22% of Republican legislators in the country have joined at least one far-right Facebook group, with Missouri ranking among the top five, a watchdog organization found in a study released this month.This article was […]

Politics & Global Issues

Judges found to reduce sentencing when presented with full social and financial cost of incarceration

May 26, 2022

In the U.S., the direct monetary cost of incarcerating a single inmate averages $33,000 per year, according to the Vera Institute of Justice. But that number doesn’t include collateral consequences, like financial strain on the […]

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Society & Community

US Census Bureau: Big city losses early in COVID pandemic

May 26, 2022

Ko Im always thought she would live in New York forever. She knew every corner of Manhattan and had worked hard to build a community of friends. Living in a small apartment, she found her […]

Society & Community

Do urban gardens lead to gentrification? Not in Detroit, study shows

May 26, 2022

A wide-scale look at Detroit’s urban gardens finds that while they don’t seem to foreshadow gentrification in the city, there are some unsettling trends about where they’re located and the sociodemographics in those areas.This article […]

Politics & Global Issues

How preserving a country's languages can lead to decolonization

May 26, 2022

As a child in the Philippines during the 1970s, Joi Barrios-Leblanc remembers singing songs that glorified the country’s president Ferdinand Marcos, and his U.S-backed regime of martial law that turned the government into a one-man […]

Society & Community

Like it or not, we're prone to adopt popular beliefs, even fake ones

May 26, 2022

As social creatures, we humans care what others think and are influenced by the number of likes, hearts and retweets on social media posts. The downside? An attraction to popular beliefs—whether they’re true or false—can […]

Politics & Global Issues

America mourns another school shooting. Why is it so difficult to strengthen US gun laws?

May 26, 2022

The murders of at least 19 children and two teachers at a Texas elementary school have led to more demands for a coherent approach to gun and mental health reforms in the United States.This article […]

Society & Community

How do parents talk to their children about the massacre at Robb Elementary School?

May 26, 2022

Less than two weeks after a shooting in a Buffalo, New York, grocery store left 10 people dead, an 18-year-old wielding an AR-15-style rifle entered an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, and killed 19 children […]

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Judges found to reduce sentencing when presented with full social and financial cost of incarceration

How preserving a country's languages can lead to decolonization

America mourns another school shooting. Why is it so difficult to strengthen US gun laws?

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India wheat export ban stays despite G7 pressure

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