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[conuly]

The fascinating tribal tradition that gave Obama his last name (I don't know if I'd call it fascinating, exactly, but if this article is accurate then it certainly is interesting.)

Small asteroid is Earth's constant companion

Critics say that porn degrades women, dulls sexual pleasure, and ruins authentic relationships – are they right?

As NOW turns 50, feminists hail gains but 'battle goes on'

Walkable urban places gain on suburbs

Psychologists recommend children be bored in the summer

Despite Rise Of Superbugs, Syphilis Still Has A Kryptonite

Old New York Police Surveillance Is Found, Forcing Big Brother Out of Hiding

The Bane of America's Electrical Grid Has a Bushy Tail

Here’s What Happened the Day the Dinosaurs Died

The First Woman To Put Her Face On Packaging Got Trolled Like Crazy

Some in Guam push for independence from U.S. as Marines prepare for buildup

If Women Were Less Poor, Would There Really Be Fewer Abortions?

Uphill battle to get seasonal farmworkers health insurance

How insane work hours became a mark of American privilege

House Rejects NSA Reforms After Orlando Massacre

Disgust made us human

Turkish plan to restructure courts stokes opposition alarm

Philippine poor get hit early in Duterte-inspired crackdown

Scientists discover mechanism of thalidomide

Coming of age in a city coming apart

When the River Rises: In Texas’s Flash Flood Alley, it takes only a few hours to cause lifelong devastation.

Up to 1 in 5 trauma deaths could be prevented, study says

Hong Kong's stateless children lost in translation as refugee claims soar

Why refugees don’t want to resettle

Study offers explanation for why women leave engineering

Air pollution linked to increased mental illness in children

An annual peace index ranked U.S. low because of its mass incarceration, murder rate and military spending.

In an era of mass incarceration, more women are going to prison and for longer. An often overlooked consequence: More children are ending up in foster care.

Comments

[heliopausa]

That air pollution mental illness story is alarming. (going back to reread!)

Now having reread: it seems very tricky to me. It's be very hard (and probably unethical?) to run controlled, replicable tests on this - and I feel very leery of lumping all sorts of different things together under the heading "mental illness". But having said that - this is a really important issue. Thanks for posting the link.

[conuly]

Yeah, epidemiology via studies is always a little tricky, but we *can* test it - we can look at other cities with higher and lower amounts of air pollution and see if we get the same results.