Interest Rates Wall Street is ignoring the omens of recession – here's whytheconversation.com - Jay L. Zagorsky Jay L. Zagorsky is a Friend of The Conversation. The world is on the brink of a recession, if all the breathless headlines are to be believed. So why are U.S. stocks near all-time highs? That’s a …
Homelessness Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos' billions for the homeless will relieve suffering but won't defeat homelessnesstheconversation.com - Marybeth Shinn Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie Bezos, his ex-wife, are giving away US$2 billion. The money will fund existing nonprofits to support homeless …
Investing A quarter of US parents are unmarried – and that changes how much they invest in their kidstheconversation.com - Orestes 'Pat' Hastings and Daniel Schneider Family structure in America is sharply divided by class and race. While 84% of children whose mothers have a bachelor’s degree or higher-level …
Democracy Expanding direct democracy won't make Americans feel better about politicstheconversation.com - Joshua J. Dyck and Edward L. Lascher, Jr. As Americans watch the Brexit-related political turmoil in the United Kingdom, it is important to remember that the chaos there began in a form of …
Fish Caribbean fish love catastrophic hurricanestheconversation.com - Thomas J. Kwak and Alonso Ramirez Hurricanes like Dorian may be disastrous for humans and their property, but some fish have actually evolved to thrive in severe weather. Our team of …
Nursing Lack of toothbrushing for seniors in nursing homes may sound gross, but it's a serious health risktheconversation.com - Frank Scannapieco Elderly people in nursing homes often go without a good toothbrushing. While it might be icky to imagine the horrible way that feels to the oldsters, …
Obesity Why Bill Maher is wrong about fat-shamingtheconversation.com - Bill Sullivan On a recent episode of his Friday evening talk show, Bill Maher proposed that society combat obesity by body-shaming overweight individuals. He …
Wealth Reparations are essential to eliminating the substantial wealth gap between black and white Americanstheconversation.com - Christian Weller Four hundred years ago, America’s first enslaved Africans arrived in Virginia. Centuries later, black Americans have managed to accumulate some …
Suicide Is it even possible to connect '13 Reasons Why' to teen suicide?theconversation.com - Emily Lund and Michael R. Nadorff Netflix recently released the third season of “13 Reasons Why,” and the Salt Lake City school district has already sent home a letter to parents …
Cómo desarrollar el vocabulario de su niño: 7 formastheconversation.com - David Dickinson Si usted desea que su hijo tenga una vida plena y satisfactoria, una de las mejores cosas que puede hacer es ayudar en el desarrollo de su …
Malaria There's a way for modern medicine to cure diseases even when the treatments aren't profitabletheconversation.com - James Leahy Strides in medicine have contributed to a dramatic increase in life expectancy over the last century. Diseases like HIV and cervical cancer that were …
trump news update 3 countries where Trump is populartheconversation.com - Monti Datta President Donald Trump is one of the most controversial world leaders in modern times, igniting the ire of America’s staunchest allies. Whether it’s …
Databases How Congress turns citizens' voices into data pointstheconversation.com - Samantha McDonald Big technology companies like Amazon, Facebook and Google aren’t the only ones facing huge political concerns about using citizen data: So is …
eCigarettes Flavored e-cigarettes sweetly lure kids into vaping and also mislead them to dismiss danger, studies suggesttheconversation.com - Leah Ranney New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced Sept. 15, 2019 that he plans to pursue emergency regulations to quickly ban the sale of flavored …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoeCigarettes Flavored e-cigarettes not only lure kids with sweet taste but lead them to dismiss danger, studies suggesttheconversation.com - Leah Ranney New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced Sept. 15, 2019 that he plans to pursue emergency regulations to quickly ban the sale of flavored …
Research At these colleges, students begin serious research their first yeartheconversation.com - Nancy Stamp Rat brains to understand Parkinson’s disease. Drones to detect plastic landmines. Social media to predict acts of terrorism. These are just a few …
United Kingdom British troops massacred Indians in Amritsar -- and a century later, there's been no official apologytheconversation.com - Sumit Ganguly The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby recently visited the site of a brutal massacre that happened in 1919 under the British colonial rule in …
Cloture The Senate filibuster explained – and why it should be allowed to dietheconversation.com - Daniel Wirls Daniel Wirls is a Friend of The Conversation. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is the latest Democrat to argue an arcane Senate rule governing debate stands in the way of passing a progressive agenda, such …
Sikhism Why Sikhs wear a turban and what it means to practice the faith in the United Statestheconversation.com - Simran Jeet Singh An elderly Sikh gentleman in Northern California, 64-year-old Parmjit Singh, was recently stabbed to death while taking a walk in the evening. …
Bedrooms The bizarre social history of bedstheconversation.com - Brian Fagan Groucho Marx once joked, “Anything that can’t be done in bed isn’t worth doing at all.” You might think he was referring to sleeping and sex. But …
Fungi The womb isn't sterile – healthy babies are born with bacteria and fungi in their gutstheconversation.com - Kent Willis For the last hundred years, scientists have believed that humans develop in a womb that remains sterile and completely isolated from the collection …
Carbon Dioxide Why carbon dioxide has such outsized influence on Earth's climatetheconversation.com - Jason West I am often asked how carbon dioxide can have an important effect on global climate when its concentration is so small – just 0.041% of Earth’s …
Polio A newly designed vaccine may help stamp out remaining polio cases worldwidetheconversation.com - Patricia L. Foster Public health organizations around the world have been fighting for global eradication of polio since 1988. Through massive vaccination efforts, the …
Cigarettes How a person vapes, not just what a person vapes, could also play a big role in vaping harmtheconversation.com - Risa Robinson Six vaping-related deaths and hundreds of illnesses had been reported as of Sept. 10, 2019. On Sept. 11, 2019, the Trump administration called for …
Vaccination Anti-vaccination mothers have outsized voice on social media; pro-vaccination parents could make a differencetheconversation.com - Brooke W. McKeever and Robert McKeever A high school student from Ohio made national headlines recently by getting inoculated despite his family’s anti-vaccination beliefs. Ethan …
trump news update Why won't Democrats say they want government to solve problems?theconversation.com - Jennifer Mercieca All 10 Democratic candidates in the Houston debate Sept. 13 spoke about investing public money – taxpayer dollars – in education, health care and …
Insecurity Top Democrats discussed 'Medicare for All' at Houston debate, but what about healthy food for all?theconversation.com - Patricia Smith The 10 Democrats who took the debate stage on Sept. 12 discussed many critical issues, from health care and climate change. But one important topic …
Harvey Weinstein Weinstein may be a monster, but the lawyers who enabled him are the real villains in #MeToo takedown 'She Said'theconversation.com - Elizabeth C. Tippett In the greater arc of the #MeToo movement, lawyers have lurked in the shadows, unnamed scribes formalizing agreements meant to stay secret. But in …
How corporate bankruptcy workstheconversation.com - Lindsey Simon Although companies follow many different paths to bankruptcy, each one encounters a process that is carefully designed to balance the rights of …
