December 21, 2018 The Topic: 2018 in Review The News Story: The Story of 2018, in 10 Charts The New Research: Marriage—Global Shield Against Trauma The News Story: The Story of 2018, in 10 Charts “It was the year The Avengers topped the movie charts, France won the World Cup for the second time and Prince Harry […]
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November 27, 2018 The Topic: An Oft-Overlooked Cause of Teen Suicide The News Story: Suicides Among Japanese Young People Hit 30-Year High The New Research: Brooding on the Baltic The News Story: Suicides Among Japanese Young People Hit 30-Year High In Japan, experts are puzzling over why suicides are at a 30-year high for children, […]
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October 30, 2018 The Topic: Babies, Education and Choice in Africa The News Story: Mothers of Big Families Challenge Macron’s Fertility Stance The New Research: The Contraceptive Mindset Invades the Gambia “French President Emmanuel Macron is facing criticism from mothers with big families both at home and abroad for comments he made about women and […]
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September 6, 2018 The Topic: A New Take on the Population Bomb The News Story: South Korea’s Fertility Rate Set to Hit Record Low of 0.96 The New Research: The European Welfare State—Strained by Infertility In 1968, American biologist Paul Erlich published his highly controversial The Population Bomb, in which he predicted that in the coming […]
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August 28, 2018 The Topic: Burned-Out Mothers Worldwide The News Story: In Japan, Working Mothers Battle Overwork Culture The New Research: Underestimating the “Mommy Effect” in the U.S. and U.K. The News Story: In Japan, Working Mothers Battle Overwork Culture “In Japan,” reports a recent news story, “long working hours is a serious issue for […]
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August 14, 2018 The Topic: Who Will Care for the Elderly? The News Story: Aging Japan—Robots May Have Role in Future of Elder Care The New Research: How Brazil’s Retreat From Childbearing is Making Elder Care Difficult The News Story: Aging Japan—Robots May Have Role in Future of Elder Care Japan was one of the […]
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July 25, 2018 The Topic: Cohabiting Well, but Losing Net Worth The News Story: You Must Talk About These Five Things Before Moving In Together. The New Research: Cohabitation—the Long-Term Financial Damage The News Story: You Must Talk About These Five Things Before Moving In Together “Living with a romantic partner without marriage – cohabitation […]
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Wednesday, May 30, 2018 The Topic: Falling Birthrates, Plummeting Economy The News Story: U.S. Births Dip to 30-Year Low The New Research: Roots of Recession The News Story: U.S. Births Dip to 30-Year Low “The birthrate fell for nearly every group of women of reproductive age in the U.S. in 2017,” dispassionately reports NPR, “reflecting […]
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June 26, 2018 The Topic: Real Suicide Prevention The News Story: Are Suicides Really Preventable? The New Research: Preventing Suicide—Family Connections as Safety Net The News Story: Are Suicides Really Preventable? In the wake of the suicides of Anthony Bourdain and Kate Spade in the past few weeks, multiple media outlets have focused on the […]
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June 12, 2018 The Topic: Growing Acceptance of a Dangerous Addiction The News Story: More Americans Say Pornography is Morally Acceptable The New Research: Internet Pornography—Akin to Cocaine The News Story: More Americans Say Pornography is Morally Acceptable A recent Gallup poll reveals that a whopping 43% of Americans now believe that pornography is “morally […]
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