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“#Harvard historian examines how textbooks taught white supremacy” Historian Donald Yacovone. Credit: Mary E. Yacovone Historian Donald Yacovone, an associate at the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research, was researching a book on the legacy of the antislavery movement when he came across some old history school textbooks that stopped him cold—and led…
“#More than half of young Americans live with parents” Credit: CC0 Public Domain Just over half of young adult Americans live with their parents, an unprecedented proportion that is doubtless linked to the coronavirus but also reflects a deeper trend, researchers said Friday. Between February and May, the share of 18-29 year-olds living with at…
“#Study shows UK school textbooks teach a highly simplified version of US civil rights movement” Martin Luther King, Jr. giving his ‘I Have a Dream’ speech during the March in Washington, D.C., on 28 August 1963. Credit: Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA As children return to school in the UK, they will encounter a curriculum that…
“#Everything you always wanted to know about the economics of dating sites (but were afraid to ask)” With a seemingly infinite number of online-dating site, the options are endless. Credit: Unsplash, CC BY One in three marriages in the United States now starts with a virtual connection, and algorithms have supplanted traditional dating and matchmaking…
“#Familial incarceration negatively impacts mental health for African American women” More than half of all African American women in the United States report having at least one family member who is incarcerated, causing higher levels of depressive symptoms and psychological distress than previously understood. The findings come from a new paper in the Journal of…
“#Weapons not used by U.K. officers in majority of police incidents involving force, data suggests” Weapons were not used in the majority of police incidents where officers had to use force, the first detailed analysis of statistics from a new national reporting system suggests. The data analysis, published for the first time, shows handcuffs were…
“#Scriptures rarely a significant motivating factor behind violence, say researchers” World Trade Centre, 9/11. Credit: slagheap Many people misunderstand the relationship between religion, scripture and violence, a new book argues. Some people worry that scriptures such as the Qur’an and the Bible fan the flames of violence in the world today, while others insist that…
“#Bus drivers more likely to let white customers ride for free: study” Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new paper in The Economic Journal finds that bus drivers are more likely to let white riders ride for free and less likely to let Black riders ride without paying the fee. Police officers must issue tickets to…
“#Indigenous custody reporting made more effective” A new platform for greater data collation and reporting Credit: Bill Oxford on unsplash The Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT) Limited (‘ALS’) is collaborating with Rapido Social at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) to improve its Custody Notification Service (CNS), following project funding from the National Indigenous Advancement Agency…
“#’Attack helicopters’ an online subculture to watch out for” Credit: CC0 Public Domain While trolls have been around almost as long as the Internet, “incels” are a more recent and distinctly different cyber sub-culture which warrants more study says a QUT researcher. QUT behavioral economist Dr. Stephen Whyte has co-authored a new paper which examines…