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• Why Many People Say an Apology for the Slave Trade Is Not Enough

  13-07-2026 07:39 via socialpsychology.org
  Source:Al JazeeraFor many descendants of enslaved Africans, a formal apology for the transatlantic slave trade is inadequate. As calls for reparations gain momentum, they say an apology without meaningful action cannot counter generations of injustice. The debate is receiving global attention after the "Next Steps" conference on slavery and reparatory justice, held in Accra June 17-19, brought together heads of state, policymakers, legal experts, and civil...
  
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• "Slavery Is Not a Thing of the Past": UN Supports Call for Reparations

  31-08-2026 18:46 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: United Nations NewsSlavery is not just a thing of the past—its effects continue to be felt in systemic inequality and racism. This message was reiterated on Monday by the United Nations Committee against Racial Discrimination as the world marked the International Day of People of African Descent. The Committee called on countries to implement comprehensive restorative justice, combining compensation, restitution, rehabilitation, and structural reforms.
  
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• "Odyssey" Shows World Collapsing Due to Climate Change. Are We Next?

  31-08-2026 18:46 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: DW- environmentChristopher Nolan's latest blockbuster has drawn tens of millions of viewers into a world of stormy seas and cities on fire. Minus the monsters, that world is actually based in reality. "The Odyssey"—a post-Trojan War survival story—is set during the Bronze Age collapse of civilization, and a new study links that collapse to a severe climate shift. More than 3,000 years ago, there was a drought that overlapped with the downfall of...
  
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• Why People Share Their Location Data With Friends and Family

  28-08-2026 18:13 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: PsyPostPeople frequently track the real-time geographic movements of their close friends and family members through smartphone applications. A new survey of adults reveals that users most often share their whereabouts with romantic partners to manage practical logistics, while relying on the technology to monitor the physical safety of their parents and siblings. The findings were published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships.
  
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• West Point's Only Climate Scientist Fired Over Teaching Human Causes

  28-08-2026 18:13 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: The Guardian - Climate CrisisThe only climate scientist teaching at West Point, the U.S. army's military academy, was fired after he resisted an order to stop teaching about the human causes of climate change, a lawsuit claims. Adam Kalkstein, a geography professor at the New York institution, was terminated after the spring semester this year, six months after a tense meeting with Brigadier General Shane Reeves, then dean of West Point's academic board, the court filing...
  
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• Pentagon Asks Supreme Court to Allow Ban on Trangender Troops

  28-08-2026 18:13 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: United Press International - Health NewsA federal court ruled in June that the U.S. military's attempts to remove transgender Americans were "arbitrary and based upon animus." Yet the Trump administration pushed back on Friday, asking the Supreme Court to allow the Pentagon to ban transgender people from the military. Donald Trump has targeted transgender service members since 2025 and signed an executive order saying transgender troops' health needs are "inconsistent" with military...
  
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• Forced Birth Control in Greenland Violated Women's Rights, Experts Find

  28-08-2026 18:13 via socialpsychology.org
  Source:Al JazeeraGreenland is establishing a truth and reconciliation commission regarding a forced contraceptive scheme against Indigenous girls and women, after two expert reports failed to agree whether it constituted genocide. From the 1960s to the 1990s, at least 4,000 Greenlandic Inuits—including girls as young as 12—received intrauterine devices or contraceptive injections, often without their consent or knowledge, a joint Danish-Greenlandic inquiry...
  
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• Ratko Mladic, War Criminal Convicted of Srebrenica Genocide, Dies

  28-08-2026 13:03 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: DW- top storiesMore than 30 years after the end of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1995), Srebrenica remains emblematic of its brutality. And no one is more closely linked to the genocide there than Ratko Mladic, who led the Bosnian Serb army and died in prison yesterday at the age of 84. Around 100,000 people were killed during the four-year war in Bosnia, while 2.2 million were driven from their homes across the country—half of its total population...
  
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• Advanced Recovery Systems and Promises Behavioral Health Combine to Advance Behavioral Health Care Delivery

  27-08-2026 22:30 via pr.com
  
  Advanced Recovery Systems and Promises Behavioral Health have combined, bringing together two organizations focused on evidence-based, compassionate care for people experiencing addiction and mental health conditions. [PR.com]
  
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• Final Report Calls OpenAI Hacking Incident a "Warning Shot"

  27-08-2026 08:10 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: United Press International - Health NewsOpenAI released a final report Wednesday on a July incident in which its artificial intelligence agents hacked into another company's systems, saying it sees the episode as "a warning shot" for the company and the world. The incident is "evidence that, without proper safeguards, highly capable AI agents are now able to work around technical controls, collaborate through unapproved channels and take dangerous actions that no human directed," the...
  
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• Bill Gates Issues Stark Warning About AI's Impact on Jobs and Biosecurity

  27-08-2026 08:10 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: CBS News - U.S. NewsIn a nearly 6,000-word essay released Wednesday on his personal website, Bill Gates is sounding the alarm about artificial intelligence, warning that the technology will rapidly transform the U.S. labor market and put millions of jobs at risk. AI is changing the economy much faster than previous revolutions, he says, advancing at what the Microsoft co-founder called a "mind-blowing rate" and leaving less time to prepare for employment...
  
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• Why Are European Leaders Silent After a Summer of Climate Shock?

  26-08-2026 08:14 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: The Guardian - Climate CrisisDespite four heatwaves that have scorched Europe this summer—shattering temperature records, fanning unprecedented fires, and causing thousands of excess deaths—few politicians want to talk about climate action. One exception is France's radical-left firebrand, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who warned recently that the term "climate change" may sound "almost reassuring," but its actual impact will feel like "landing on another planet whenever we...
  
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• Meta Reaches $17 Billion Settlement in Social Media Addiction Case

  26-08-2026 08:14 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: United Press International - Health NewsMeta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, will pay $17 billion to settle a lawsuit brought by 29 state attorneys general over the mental health risks posed to children by its social media platforms. Court filings on Wednesday detail changes Meta must implement to safeguard its platform for the use of minors. Those requirements include limits on daily use, blocking access at night, more parental tools, and greater proof of age standards.
  
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• Workers in China Worry Over Being Replaced by AI

  25-08-2026 17:38 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: PBS News HourComputer programmer Fei Zhaojun's boss asked him if artificial intelligence could soon replace humans in coding jobs. Two weeks later, he was laid off from his job in Beijing, together with about 160 colleagues. It's an increasingly common scenario as artificial intelligence reshapes China's massive job market, and it has some workers worried. Already, humanoid robots are sorting parcels in some postal centers in China.
  
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• Heart of the Matter Therapy Welcomes Kim Dougherty

  25-08-2026 17:08 via pr.com
  
  Heart of the Matter Therapy is pleased to welcome Kim Dougherty, MA, MFTC, to its growing team of clinicians. Kim brings a thoughtful, affirming approach to therapy with specialized expertise in couples counseling, consensual non-monogamy, polyamorous relationships, LGBTQIA+ affirming care, and relationship transitions.As relationships continue to evolve, many individuals and couples are seeking therapists who [PR.com]
  
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• Heart of the Matter Therapy in Fort Collins Now Accepting Medicaid

  25-08-2026 17:08 via pr.com
  
  Heart of the Matter Therapy is proud to announce that they are now accepting Colorado Medicaid, marking an important step in their mission to make high-quality mental health care more accessible to individuals, couples, and families across Colorado.For founder Dr. Tasha Seiter, this milestone is about more than adding another insurance provider, it is about ensuring that financial barriers do not stand in the way of [PR.com]
  
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• Leading ADHD Expert Launches Global Institute to Transform ADHD Training

  25-08-2026 16:00 via pr.com
  
  The Institute for Lifespan ADHD Training (ILAT.org), a global organization dedicated to advancing evidence-informed, practical ADHD training across the lifespan, has announced the launch of the ILAT Global ADHD Summit, a virtual event to be held October 29–30, 2026. [PR.com]
  
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• Most Papers Claiming Sex Differences Never Compared Sexes, Study Finds

  25-08-2026 10:03 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: PsyPostNew research indicates that many scientific papers claiming men and women respond differently to treatments or interventions lack strong evidence to back up those claims. When analyzing recent studies in the behavioral and brain sciences, scientists found that fewer than one in four articles properly compared male and female responses. These findings, published in PNAS, raise questions about the evidence behind medical treatments tailored to...
  
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• Australia's Music Industry Bans AI-Generated Tracks From Official Charts

  25-08-2026 09:57 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: PBS News HourAustralia's recorded music industry will bar tracks wholly generated by artificial intelligence from official charts as burgeoning generative technologies threaten artists' livelihoods, a representative said Tuesday. The crackdown comes as a variation of Madonna's pop hit "Like a Prayer" created by an Australian producer using AI-generated vocals and drums has spent 16 weeks in the Australian top 20, stoking debate about generative AI's place in...
  
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• Upland Couples Turn to Vazquez Counseling for Marriage Counseling and Mental Health Support as Local Demand for Counselors Rises

  25-08-2026 00:59 via pr.com
  
  Vazquez Counseling, led by licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Manuel Vazquez, is seeing increased demand from Upland, CA residents searching for a marriage counselor, couples counseling, and mental health therapy near them. The practice offers individual and relationship-focused counseling, with a free consultation for new clients evaluating local counseling services. [PR.com]
  
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• A Split in the Spectrum? The Ongoing Battle to Define Autism

  23-08-2026 10:04 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Google News - HealthIf someone asked you to think of an autistic person, who would come to mind? The world's richest man, Elon Musk? Maybe Greta Thunberg, who says being different can be a superpower? In recent years there has been a rise in the number of people with an autism diagnosis, and the National Autistic Society says there remains "a significant underdiagnosis of autism, particularly among women and older people." Yet experts vary in how they define the...
  
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• How the United Nations is Using AI to Advance Human Rights

  22-08-2026 08:08 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: United Nations NewsAcross agencies, the United Nations is implementing artificial intelligence tools to help promote peace, security, and human rights. The U.N. is also using AI to detect land mines, assess disaster damage, identify suspicious financial transactions, and monitor radioactive contamination. But as technology advances, the U.N. is emphasizing equity, human rights, and ethics to ensure that AI promotes development instead of threatening peace and...
  
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• Practice San Francisco Expands Specialized Youth and Family Mental Health Care with New Locations in Potrero Hill, Noe Valley and Larchmont Village, Los Angeles

  18-08-2026 17:52 via pr.com
  
  Child and adolescent specialty outpatient center Practice San Francisco expands high quality in-person child, teen, and family mental health supports with two new locations in the San Francisco Bay Area and a third new location in the Larchmont neighborhood of Los Angeles. Practice provides evidence-based mental health intervention and education/early intervention services through outpatient clinics and innovative school [PR.com]
  
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• Whistleblower Alleges White House Improperly Targeted Top Universities

  18-08-2026 12:58 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: CBS News - U.S. NewsThe Trump administration pressured career civil rights attorneys to investigate allegations of antisemitism at the university campuses of Harvard, Columbia, and Brown even though there was no factual or legal basis to do so, according to a former Justice Department attorney. Veteran civil rights lawyer Haley Van Erem made this allegation as part of a whistleblower complaint made public on Tuesday by Maryland Representative Jamie Raskin.
  
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• A Little Movement in Midlife Could Pay Off for Your Brain Years Later

  17-08-2026 11:37 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Science Daily - Top HealthPhysical activity and healthy blood sugar levels during midlife may be linked to a significantly slowing of cognitive decline decades later. Yet the results, published in the journal Alzheimer's, differed across ethnic populations. Physical activity was associated with slower cognitive decline among Hispanic participants, whereas lower fasting blood glucose levels were linked to slower cognitive decline among non-Hispanic White participants.
  
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• Slavery Linked to Current U.S. Racial Gaps in Health and Mortality

  16-08-2026 09:27 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: ScienceIn 1953, civil rights activist James Baldwin wrote that "people are trapped in history and history is trapped in them"—an observation that would ring all too familiar to researchers studying racial health disparities in the U.S. today. A study published by the National Academies of Science, suggests that slavery may still cast a long shadow on the country's well-being, worsening health outcomes for some Black people more than 150 years after...
  
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• White House Bans Use of Medicaid for Youth Gender Identity Healthcare

  14-08-2026 17:06 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: United Press International - Health NewsOn Tuesday, the Trump administration finalized rule changes that ban the use of Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program funds for gender identity healthcare for children. The new rule—the administration's latest move to bar access to such healthcare—will go into effect on October 13. President Trump lauded the changes in a post on social media, calling gender-affirming healthcare measures "barbaric."
  
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• How Europe Can Prevent a Repeat of This Year's Devastating Wildfires

  14-08-2026 14:19 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: ScienceA wave of wildfires across Southern Europe has so far this year burned more than half a million hectares—an area equivalent to Grand Canyon National Park—far exceeding the area burned by August 2025, the worst year on record. Indeed, since the 1980s, the number of "fire weather" days—scorching, dry, breezy days—has more than doubled across much of the region, exacerbated by climate change. What, then, can be done to avoid more years like 2026?
  
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• Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Harvard for Alleged Antisemitism

  14-08-2026 14:05 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: PBS News HourA federal judge on Thursday dismissed a Trump administration lawsuit that accused Harvard University of turning a blind eye to harassment of Jewish students. The decision said that the administration failed to prove an ongoing violation of federal civil rights laws. Harvard wrote in a statement that it "cares deeply about members of our Jewish and Israeli community and remains committed to ensuring they are embraced, respected, and can thrive on...
  
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• Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Harvard for Alleged Anti-Semitism

  14-08-2026 14:05 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: PBS News HourA federal judge on Thursday dismissed a Trump administration lawsuit that accused Harvard University of turning a blind eye to harassment of Jewish students. The decision said that the administration failed to prove an ongoing violation of federal civil rights laws. Harvard wrote in a statement that it "cares deeply about members of our Jewish and Israeli community and remains committed to ensuring they are embraced, respected, and can thrive on...
  
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