• U.N. Rights Chief: Legacy of Slavery and Colonialism Still Fuels Racism

    Source: United Nations NewsOver 30 million people were violently uprooted from Africa and condemned to a life of slavery, yet no country involved in the slave trade or colonialism has fully confronted this past. Moreover, the legacy of enslavement and colonialism continues to shape the lives of Africans and people of African descent, U.N. human rights chief Volker Türk said on Thursday, calling for urgent action to deliver reparatory justice beyond financial compensation.
  • People High in SDO Tend to Have Less Empathy-Related Gray Matter

    Source: PsyPostAttitudes toward group-based inequality and social hierarchies may be linked to brain structure and a personality trait tied to reward seeking. According to a new study published in Current Psychology, adults high in social dominance orientation tend to have less gray matter in a brain area involved in empathy and emotional processing. The results suggest that sociopolitical worldviews may be partly a function of basic motivational and emotional...
  • Pentagon Says Firing Squad Execution Will Be Livestreamed

    Source: Yahoo News - Top HeadlinesThe firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed, the Pentagon said Thursday—a stunning revelation about plans for the first military execution in more than 65 years after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had described it as being "public." The Army announced this week that the execution would take place on December 3 after Hasan was convicted of killing 13 people and injuring 32 others in a shooting at the...
  • Drug Target Could Block Brain Inflammation Linked to Alzheimer's

    Source: Science Daily - Top HealthBlocking a receptor called P2X7 significantly reduced inflammation in human brain tissue, revealing a potential new treatment strategy for neurological and psychiatric disorders. The discovery, published in the journal Brain, could help researchers repurpose existing drugs to treat conditions that include traumatic brain injury, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, depression, and schizophrenia.
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