Estimates from academic and other sources suggest that on any given day there are tens of thousands of prisoners held in solitary confinement in the U.S. We explore the history and costs of the practice.
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As higher education leaders await Supreme Court rulings on two lawsuits challenging race-based affirmative action in college admissions, we look at research on how well race-neutral alternatives help build student diversity.
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To help journalists report on Medicaid, we’ve summarized a few studies that can inform reporters about key debates happening about this program.
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Thermostatic mixing valves, which mix hot and cold water to deliver a specific temperature water to the tap, can prevent scald burns, but many older homes don’t have them.
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A first grade student interviews a local reporter to find out how news stories get made and why community journalism is vital to civic engagement.
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A biostatistician at Boston Children’s Hospital explains the findings and offers advice on reporting on eating disorders among children and teenagers.
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Two new meta-analyses synthesize the findings of dozens of studies on attempted suicide, self-harm, depression and anxiety among kids after COVID-19 began to spread.
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Experiments in two well-known New York City neighborhoods use video to explore whether pedestrians physically avoid young Black men more than young white men.
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A recent literature review examines short- and long-term policies that cities and states have used to try to prevent people from losing their homes for various financial reasons.
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The bodies of Native American women, when found, are most likely to be categorized as unidentified in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, a study finds.
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