Life Changes
Healing Through Storytelling: Lessons from The Odyssey
The journey of Odysseus in Homer's 'The Odyssey' offers profound insights into healing...
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- Written by: Richard Morgan, Professor of Molecular Oncology, University of Bradford
Patients with prostate cancer in England and Wales will now have early access to abiraterone, a drug which can delay the need for chemotherapy. The drug previously cost £3,000 a month, and was not considered “cost-effective” for the NHS until cancers were more advanced – even though patients in Scotland had access to it.
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- Written by: Ronen Palan, Professor of International Politics, City University London
The Panama Papers is a treasure trove of information on the activities and clientele of a large, but not atypical law firm operating in an offshore financial centre. In this case, it is a firm called Mossack Fonseca, based in Panama. It follows a series of spectacular leaks by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, including the HSBC files
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- Written by: Michael A. Livermore, Associate Professor of Law
From chants of “Drill, Baby, Drill” to outrage over the BP oil spill, offshore drilling has been highly controversial in recent years. Some view it as a vastly underused revenue source, while others see it as a grave environmental threat. In parts of the Gulf of Mexico, drilling continues
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- Written by: David S. Pedulla, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology & Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin
When we think about disadvantages and challenges in the labor market, unemployment generally takes center stage, clearly exemplified by the monthly jobs report hype over one stat: the unemployment rate.
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- Written by: Tanya Monro, Deputy Vice Chancellor Research & Innovation, University of South Australia
On Wednesday May 30, Emma Johnston, Nalini Joshi and Tanya Monro spoke at the National Press Club for a special Women Of Science event. Here they outline their views on how to promote greater participation by women at the top levels of science.
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- Written by: Leslie Macmillan
Income inequality in the United States has been a major flashpoint during the 2016 presidential election, with much debate focused on whether America is divided between “the 1 percent” who make up the wealthy elite and the lagging middle and working classes.
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- Written by: Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Professor of Economics, Boston University
Despite appearances to the contrary, this year’s presidential follies have managed to feature at least a few policy discussions amid all the name-calling. Income inequality in particular has animated voters on both sides of the partisan divide, but the solutions advocated by candidates from each party are markedly different.
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- Written by: Robert Reich
The tax cuts for the rich proposed by the two leading Republican candidates for the presidency – Donald Trump and Ted Cruz – are larger, as a proportion of the government budget and the total economy, than any tax cuts ever before proposed in history.
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- Written by: Jonathan Wai, Research Scientist, Duke University
In 1983, the National Commission on Excellence in Education published A Nation At Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform, which documented widespread academic underachievement at every level, concluding:
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- Written by: Melanie Davern, Senior Research Fellow, McCaughey VicHealth Community Wellbeing Unit, and Director, Community Indicators Victoria, University of Melbourne
The association between life expectancy and postcodes, neighbourhood locations or train stations has been demonstrated in many different locations around the world. These include London and Glasgow in the UK and across the US including California.
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- Written by: Stefan Hajkowicz, Senior Principal Scientist, Strategy and Foresight, Data61
The last few years have seen numerous studies pointing to a bleak future with technology-induced unemployment on the rise. For example, a pivotal 2013 study by researchers at the University of Oxford found that of 702 unique job types in the United States economy, around 47% were at high risk of computerisation.
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- Written by: Drew Shindell, Professor of Climate Sciences, Duke University
If the U.S. moved to electric vehicles, there would be a substantial cut in air pollution – and health benefits to go with it.In Paris late last year, the countries of the world pledged to reduce emissions to keep global warming “well below a 2 degree Celsius” rise in global average temperatures compared with preindustrial levels.
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- Written by: Matthew Mayhew, Associate Professor of Higher Education, New York University
Demand for innovation is at an all-time high. Innovation is now recognized as being key to economic growth strategies in the United States, Canada and countries in the European Union.
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- Written by: Marcus Harrison Green, YES! Magazine
These south side Chicago “explorers” had never seen anything comparable to the legendary Union League Club. The esoteric artwork, luxurious decor, and dapper club members were a far cry from the neighborhood where the group of African American teenagers grew up. And there was no mistaking the reaction on members’ faces: There goes the neighborhood.
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- Written by: Alison Jones-Duke University
America’s children are starting to recover from the worst effects of the Great Recession, although some ill effects remain, a comprehensive study on child well-being reports.
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- Written by: Toby Walsh, Professor of AI, Research Group Leader, Optimisation Research Group, Data61
Intelligent machines are good at some jobs that were once done by humans. Recent alarmist headlines this week claim artificial intelligence (AI) will put half of us out of work.
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- Written by: Jacqueline Kelly-McHale, Associate Professor of Music Education, DePaul University
Classrooms are becoming more diverse. So, why is music education focused on Western music?
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- Written by: Deborah Bach, University of Washington
Health disparities are common in developed countries, including the United States, but at what age those inequities take root and how they vary between countries is less clear.
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- Written by: Yessenia Funes, YES! Magazine
A public health researcher explains why life expectancy in the United States is falling, and it has to do with income inequality rising.
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- Written by: Dean Baker, CEPR
The next Administration should make reducing work time a major focus. In addition to mandated paid sick days and paid family leave — proposals that have received some welcome attention thus far on the presidential campaign trail — policymakers should go much further and enact measures aimed at shortening workweeks and work years.
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- Written by: Patrick Ercolano, Johns Hopkins University
Increasing poor families’ income can significantly improve their children’s psychological well-being, according to new research.
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