Design principles, known as ‘crime prevention through environmental design’, are used all over the world to make cities safer. But some of these principles can be discriminatory and hostile.
Research shows that religion can have a positive impact on society in terms of better health, less crime and a stronger economy.
Diminishing racism and the policy failure that it causes requires Indigenous voice at all levels of public policy-making and implementation.
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Examples from Ireland and New Zealand show that, unless determined measures are taken, masculine political cultures will ensure the gender imbalance remains.
For-profit service providers may use discrimination as a way to make more money.
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The Trump administration wants to privatize more of the federal bureaucracy. New research suggests this can lead to discrimination in essential government services.
After thousands of women spoke out against sexual harassment, scholars asked, does harassment affect women’s health? Their findings suggest that it does.
The big four accounting firms’ brands are grounded in their histories. But looking into their past reveals many stories of discrimination.
Circe and Her Swine: Character sketches of romance, fiction and the drama, 1892 , New York, E. Hess.
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France’s answer to #MeToo was #BalanceTonPorc – “denounce your pig”. An analysis of the idioms linking to sex and pigs provides some insights into why the hashtag hit home.
Fair housing protest in Seattle, Washington, 1964.
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Where people live in the US is still often influenced by racial discrimination. Is the federal government doing enough to carry out the vision of the civil rights era legislation?