African American teens face mental health crisis but are less likely than whites to get treatment
For Black youth, death by suicide has become a leading cause of death. And they face social problems that give rise to depression and isolation that their white counterparts do not.
Rebecca Klisz-Hulbert, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University
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July 29, 2020 • ~6 min
July 29, 2020 • ~6 min
Tags: poverty mental-health depression suicide stress african-americans black-youth
Coronavirus: why lockdown may cost young lives over time
We must put in measures to protect the young as well as the old.
Tags: poverty economy baby-boomers millennials death-rates generation-z
Coronavirus threat reveals the flaws in India's health system
The COVID-19 pandemic must be managed in India in a tense economic context and with a largely privatised health system.
Yves-Marie Rault Chodankar, Chercheur associé au Centre d'études en sciences sociales sur les mondes africains, américains et asiatiques, Université de Paris
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March 20, 2020 • ~7 min
March 20, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: infectious-diseases public-health poverty covid-19 coronavirus pandemic india narendra-modi southeast-asia populism the-conversation-france epidemics
The digital divide leaves millions at a disadvantage during the coronavirus pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing people to study and work online. It's also sparked a need for news and information. That's a challenge for the 24 million Americans who lack broadband internet access.
Gregory Porumbescu, Assistant Professor at the School of Public Affairs and Administration, Rutgers University Newark
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March 18, 2020 • ~3 min
March 18, 2020 • ~3 min
Tags: poverty covid-19 coronavirus inequality internet pandemic social-distancing telecommuting social-distancing-and-coronavirus broadband online-education digital-divide socioeconomics fcc
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