When refugees are stuck: Why displaced people are living longer in exile in their host communities
By Sharif A Wahab, PhD Candidate, Indiana University The number of people forced from their homes, primarily because of conflict or climate change, is on the rise, topping 100 million people in 2022 – more than double the number of displaced people in 2012. About a...
Americans cautioned to avoid mailing checks if possible due to dramatic escalation of check fraud
Check fraud is back in a big way, fueled by a rise in organized crime that is forcing small businesses and individuals to take additional safety measures or to avoid sending checks through the mail altogether. Banks issued roughly 680,000 reports of check fraud to the...
Global currency: Why the invasion of Ukraine could give the Chinese yuan a boost against the U.S. dollar
By Tuugi Chuluun, Associate Professor of Finance, Loyola University Maryland The Chinese economy’s sheer size and rapid growth are impressive. China maintained one of the highest economic growth rates in the world for more than a quarter of a century, helping lift...
Government survey finds rate of adult cigarette smoking sinks to an all-time low
U.S. cigarette smoking dropped to another all-time low last year, with 1 in 9 adults saying they were current smokers, according to government survey data released in late April. Meanwhile, electronic cigarette use rose, to about 1 in 17 adults. The preliminary...
Greed is good: How American society replaced patriotism and faith with an unhealthy love of money
As recently as 25 years ago, most of us valued patriotism and religion first and foremost, 70 and 62 percent respectively. Today only 38 percent of Americans cite patriotism as a core value and religion has collapsed to 39 percent. According to a new Wall Street...
Red State witch hunts: From burning women at the stake to killing them with political ideology
Jaci Statton wanted her baby, but the fetus was not developing properly and was dying inside her. If it was not removed from her uterus it might kill her, too. She was experiencing vaginal bleeding, high blood pressure, debilitating cramps, and “intense nausea.” As...
Finding true equity: Ways to mitigate the unconscious biases that still hold back women in medicine
By Jennifer R. Grandis, Distinguished Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San Francisco If you work at a company, university or large organization, you have probably sat through a required training session meant to fight gender...
Body dissatisfaction: Eating disorders among teens more than doubled during the COVID pandemic
By Sydney Hartman-Munick, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, UMass Chan Medical School The COVID-19 pandemic has been associated with worsening mental health among teens, including increasing numbers of patients with eating disorders. In fact, research indicates that...
Metabolic Syndrome: Why obesity in children risks lifelong health consequences
By Christine Nguyen, 2023 California Health Equity Fellow, University of Southern California In the past two decades, children have become more obese and have developed obesity at a younger age. A 2020 report found that 14.7 million children and adolescents in the...
Trade Wars: Global manufacturing remains centered in China even with geopolitical and supply chain issues
By Walid Hejazi, Professor of International Business, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto; and Bernardo Blum, Associate Professor, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto With the current geopolitical challenges between China and the United...
An ethical debt: Why Tech companies should pay the consequences if AI becomes harmful
By Casey Fiesler, Associate Professor of Information Science, University of Colorado Boulder As public concern about the ethical and social implications of artificial intelligence keeps growing, it might seem like it’s time to slow down. But inside tech companies...
Undermining Democracy: How artificial intelligence could impact elections by changing voting behavior
By Archon Fung, Professor of Citizenship and Self-Government, Harvard Kennedy School; and Lawrence Lessig, Professor of Law and Leadership, Harvard University Could organizations use artificial intelligence language models such as ChatGPT to induce voters to behave in...
