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Families in Ghana are struggling to manage the long-term care of ageing relatives.
La muerte de Floyd, quien era negro, desencadenó una ola de protestas masivas contra el racismo en Estados Unidos. Este es un resumen de importantes investigaciones sobre la violencia policial.
Research on racism and policing in the US, explained by the experts who study it.
In a rare series of interviews, the late Ghanaian leader spoke of how the country’s slave trade was revisited as a vehicle for economic development.
In Ghana, adult children are straining to care for their aged parents and there is an increasing sense that government needs to step in.
With obscenities and violence, rioters at the Capitol left an obvious message: angry contempt for women.
La interseccionalidad sigue siendo una gran desconocida en las administraciones locales, a pesar de que son ellas quienes tienen la clave para acabar con esta forma de discriminación. El término fue propuesto en 1989 por la jurista afroamericana Kimberlé Crenshaw para describir el cruce de diferentes tipos de marginación.
Misogyny combined with partisan vitriol is a dangerous combination for women politicians and American democracy, says a recent House resolution denouncing ‘violence against women in politics.’
After her win in 396 BC, Kyniska erected a statue of herself, reading: ‘I am the only woman in all Greece who won this crown.’
The economic status of Black Americans hasn’t changed since the Fed was handed its mandate in 1977. Could targeting Black unemployment, encouraging credit and reporting discrepancies narrow the gap?
Two economists argue that people who believe the economy will turn around quickly have more incentive to quarantine.
A scholar and mother of a young child who is now working at home explores what’s called the ‘work-family conflict’ – and finds that’s the wrong label for the impossible choices faced by parents.
The government wants to help small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the definition of “small” is still pretty big.
Airbnb’s platform perpetuates the social exclusion of people with disabilities, while the 30-year-old ADA doesn’t apply to the sharing economy.
Black Americans were left especially vulnerable to the economic impact of COVID-19 and history shows it will take them longer to rebound.
With vast swaths of society forced to work from home, people with disabilities can overcome many of the challenges they face in a normal office environment.
‘Dystopia’ is a term that’s gained popularity during the coronavirus pandemic. But it’s not a synonym for ‘a bad time,’ and a government’s poor handling of a crisis does not constitute dystopia.
Seven states are moving to ban abortions, along with other ‘elective’ medical services, during the coronavirus crisis. But delaying or denying abortions can do serious health and financial harm.
Without government intervention, three experts warn, HBCUs will have a difficult time bouncing back from the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Art & AI Lab, Rutgers University
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Professor of Public Policy, Rutgers University
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Professor of Psychology, Rutgers University
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Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Rutgers University
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Associate Professor of Human Ecology and Law, Rutgers University
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Professeur émérite, sociologue, Rutgers University
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Associate Professor of Sociology, Rutgers University
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Associate Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Rutgers University
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Professor of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University
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Assistant Professor of Management, Rutgers University
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Associate Professor, Rutgers University, DEA Fellow, Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme (FMSH), Rutgers University
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Director of Christiansborg Archaeological Heritage Project, Associate Professor at Africa Institute Sharjah & Associate Graduate Faculty, Rutgers University
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Professor and Head of Dermatology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Rutgers University
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PhD Candidate in Higher Education, Rutgers University
