#Q&A: Black, Latinx people are over-represented in prison, study says

“#Q&A: Black, Latinx people are over-represented in prison, study says” Boston’s Moakley Courthouse. Credit: Rose Lincoln/Harvard file photo A new report by the Criminal Justice Policy Program (CJPP) at Harvard Law School shows that Black and Latinx people are overrepresented in Massachusetts’ criminal justice system and that they receive longer sentences than their white counterparts…

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#Women have disrupted research on bird song, and their findings show how diversity can improve all fields of science

“#Women have disrupted research on bird song, and their findings show how diversity can improve all fields of science” Americans often idealize scientists as unbiased, objective observers. But scientists are affected by conscious and unconscious biases, just as people in other fields are. Studies of birds’ vocal behavior clearly show how research approaches can be…

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#Popular films aren’t making enough progress toward inclusion, report finds

“#Popular films aren’t making enough progress toward inclusion, report finds” In the midst of ongoing protests against racial injustice, a new study shows Hollywood movies perpetuate a lack of inclusive representation of those from underrepresented racial/ethnic groups, girls and women, the LGBTQ community, and individuals with disabilities. The report, from Professor Stacy L. Smith and…

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#Psychology expertise backs police investigating child abuse

“#Psychology expertise backs police investigating child abuse” Credit: CC0 Public Domain University of Queensland psychology experts will work with police to develop and upgrade training programs for police investigating child abuse. The Queensland Police Service, in implementing recommendations of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, will collaborate on the three-year project…

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#Mold now associated with food quality

“#Mold now associated with food quality” Credit: CC0 Public Domain Is an oozing apple with fuzzy white mold better than one that is fresh and green a month after you bought it? Yes, according to a new sociological study of Danes’ perceptions about food ‘purity’ and ‘impurity’. “We associate purity with what’s natural. That means…

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#Iran’s secular shift: New survey reveals huge changes in religious beliefs

“#Iran’s secular shift: New survey reveals huge changes in religious beliefs” GAMAAN Religion in Iran 2020 – identifications. Iran’s 1979 Islamic revolution was a defining event that changed how we think about the relationship between religion and modernity. Ayatollah Khomeini’s mass mobilization of Islam showed that modernisation by no means implies a linear process of…

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