Mexican immigrant experience varies by skin tone

Mexican immigrants with darker skin tones report more discrimination from US-born whites, a study in two cities finds.

Tufts University • futurity
Jan. 24, 2023 ~7 min

Shootings rise on unusually hot days in US cities

"Our study provides strong evidence that daily temperature plays a meaningful role in gun violence fluctuations."

Jillian McKoy-Boston U. • futurity
Jan. 20, 2023 ~8 min


Electric vehicles would benefit 90% of US households

Getting an EV would have financial and environmental benefits for most, but not all, US households that own a vehicle.

Jim Erickson-Michigan • futurity
Jan. 13, 2023 ~8 min

17% drop in postpartum hospital stays with Medicaid expansion

"Our findings indicate that expanding Medicaid coverage led to improved postpartum health for low-income birthing people."

Corrie Pikul-Brown • futurity
Jan. 11, 2023 ~8 min

2016 election Russian disinformation mainly reached Republicans

New research finds that Russian disinformation on Twitter during the 2016 election primarily reached a small subset of users.

James Devitt-NYU • futurity
Jan. 10, 2023 ~6 min

Expert: TikTok could be a risk to national security

Cybersecurity expert Anton Dahbura explains the concerns about TikTok, security, and the Chinese government.

Lisa Ercolano-Johns Hopkins • futurity
Jan. 4, 2023 ~6 min

Stomach cancer risk is higher for Asian Americans

Asian Americans, particularly Korean Americans, are at an unusually high risk for stomach cancer, research shows.

Stanford • futurity
Dec. 21, 2022 ~6 min

Indian American teens: Discrimination started early

Interviews with Indian American teens reveal that discrimination against them began as early as preschool.

Texas A&M University • futurity
Dec. 20, 2022 ~5 min


What’s going on with the potential rail strike?

A labor expert explains what's at stake in the federal government's intervention in a potential strike of rail workers.

Steven Flamisch-Rutgers • futurity
Dec. 6, 2022 ~5 min

Paying people money for losing weight works

"Offering incentives, especially cash rewards... helps people of limited means struggling with obesity to lose weight."

David March-NYU • futurity
Dec. 5, 2022 ~7 min

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