CCF Briefing
- The Nightmare of Human Organ Harvesting in China
- ‘This One Here Is Gonna Kick My Butt’—Farm Belt Bankruptcies Are Soaring
- Doctors Surprised by Scope of Adult-Onset Food Allergies
- The measure of a country is how it treats its prisoners. The U.S. is failing.
- ‘It’s a sickness’: How our culture recognizes blackface is racist — but won’t stop doing it
- ‘Empty Planet’ Review: A Drop in Numbers
- How Houston Has Virtually Ended Homelessness Among Veterans
- The Romance of Women’s Friendships
- When Private Fights Over Millions Become Public (Things Get Ugly)
- Facebook status: Divorced. Why millennials ‘killed’ how you decouple in the digital age
- Fraternities Can Push Boys Toward a Terrible Sort of Masculinity—Or Help Them Resist It
- Why Are Real Estate Brokers Contacting Me After My Spouse Died?
- Justice or Vengeance? How Canada Deals With Terrible Crimes
- Finland’s Basic Income Trial Boosts Happiness, but Not Employment
- Dr. John Gunderson, 76, Dies; Defined Borderline Personality Disorder
- Is screen time good or bad for children?
- When Your Child Is a Psychopath
- Why Swedes Are Chiller Parents Than Americans
- After holiday lull, Central American family migration returns to record levels, new border figures show
- Screen time for children: Good, bad, or it depends?
- ‘Object’: British Lawmaker Blocks Bill Against Female Genital Cutting
- The gamification of courtship
- The new rite of passage: Young, busy and still single
- Axios/SurveyMonkey poll: future of dating
- The loneliness epidemic: Singles turn to matchmakers for help
- The inhumanity of automated matchmaking
- Day Care for All
- Make Me a Cold and Pitiless Goddess
- When the Cure Is Worse Than the Disease
- The Real Mommy War Is Against the State
1. The Nightmare of Human Organ Harvesting in China
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-nightmare-of-human-organ-harvesting-in-china-11549411056
Transplants far outnumber official donors. Prisoners of conscience evidently account for the difference.
- ‘This One Here Is Gonna Kick My Butt’—Farm Belt Bankruptcies Are Soaring
Trade disputes over agriculture add pain to low commodity prices that have been grinding down American farmers for years
- Doctors Surprised by Scope of Adult-Onset Food Allergies
https://www.wsj.com/articles/doctors-surprised-by-scope-of-adult-onset-food-allergies-11549290600
New research shows nearly 11% of U.S. adults have food allergies, more than many expected, with shellfish most common among adult-onset ones
- The measure of a country is how it treats its prisoners. The U.S. is failing.
We treat incarcerated people inhumanely and make them invisible so we don’t have to think about them.
- ‘It’s a sickness’: How our culture recognizes blackface is racist — but won’t stop doing it
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam and Attorney General Mark Herring have been caught up in scandals over a practice that has somehow stayed alive.
- ‘Empty Planet’ Review: A Drop in Numbers
https://www.wsj.com/articles/empty-planet-review-a-drop-in-numbers-11549497631
Governments stoke fears about overpopulation, but the reality is that fertility rates are falling faster than most experts can readily explain.
- How Houston Has Virtually Ended Homelessness Among Veterans
ttps://www.citylab.com/equity/2019/02/how-houston-has-virtually-ended-homelessness-among-veterans/582241/
Can the city’s model work for chronic homelessness, in Houston and beyond?
- The Romance of Women’s Friendships
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/05/the-romance-of-womens-friendships/525453/
Deborah Tannen’s new book explores the idea that platonic relationships can be as fulfilling—and as fraught—as their romantic counterparts.
- When Private Fights Over Millions Become Public (Things Get Ugly)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/08/your-money/family-estate-court-fight.html
Legal action among wealthy family members has created a booming business for lawyers who specialize in estate litigation. But financial advisers say there are ways to minimize conflict.
10. Facebook status: Divorced. Why millennials ‘killed’ how you decouple in the digital age
- Fraternities Can Push Boys Toward a Terrible Sort of Masculinity—Or Help Them Resist It
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2019/02/what-healthy-fraternity-looks-like/582112
While frats often make headlines for dangerous behavior, healthy chapters provide young men with intimacy and emotional support at the time they need it most.
- Why Are Real Estate Brokers Contacting Me After My Spouse Died?
Believe it or not, the practice of contacting the recently bereaved about their property has a long history in real estate. And it can be a good thing.
- Justice or Vengeance? How Canada Deals With Terrible Crimes
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/08/world/canada/sentence-alexandre-bissonnette-bruce-mcarthur.html
Two court hearings this week revived debate over a recent change in Canadian law for sentencing mass murderers and serial killers.
- Finland’s Basic Income Trial Boosts Happiness, but Not Employment
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/09/world/europe/finland-basic-income.html
The unconditional cash did not spur unemployed recipients to work more to supplement their earnings as hoped, researchers said in initial findings.
- Dr. John Gunderson, 76, Dies; Defined Borderline Personality Disorder
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/08/obituaries/dr-john-gunderson-dead.html
“He was the first person to look systematically at the data and figure out what the heck this diagnosis really meant,” a colleague said.
- Is screen time good or bad for children?
The debate over how much screen time is appropriate for children is filled with inconclusive results and contradictory findings. Kathy Hirsch-Pasek, Natalie Evans, and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff explain how to make sense of this flurry of research.
- When Your Child Is a Psychopath
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/06/when-your-child-is-a-psychopath/524502
The condition has long been considered untreatable. Experts can spot it in a child as young as 3 or 4. But a new clinical approach offers hope.
- Why Swedes Are Chiller Parents Than Americans
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/02/american-parents-scandinavian-different/582103/
A new book looks at the wide variety of parenting styles around the world.
- After holiday lull, Central American family migration returns to record levels, new border figures show
- Screen time for children: Good, bad, or it depends?
Face-to-face interactions are critically important for development and sometimes the digital technology gets in the way.
- ‘Object’: British Lawmaker Blocks Bill Against Female Genital Cutting
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/09/world/europe/uk-christopher-chope-fgm.html
The bill would allow children to be placed in temporary care if they were deemed at risk of genital cutting, as is the case for other child abuse.
- The gamification of courtship
In 2017, 39% of U.S. heterosexual relationships and 65% of same-sex relationships began online.
- The new rite of passage: Young, busy and still single
Young people around the world are delaying marriage and children, and embracing a new life stage of singleness marked by budding careers, hip urban areas, adult roommates and dating. he delay in achieving traditional markers of adulthood have contributed to falling fertility rates in many wealthy nations, raising concerns about the ultimate economic impact of a shrinking future generation.
- Axios/SurveyMonkey poll: future of dating
https://www.surveymonkey.com/curiosity/axios-future-of-dating
Fully half (50 percent) of online daters between the ages of 18 to 34 describe their experience as “entertaining” while those ages 35 to 64 disproportionately describe them as “disappointing” (37 percent).
- The loneliness epidemic: Singles turn to matchmakers for help
- The inhumanity of automated matchmaking
Automated matchmaking is putting computers in charge of finding the perfect partner, but the algorithms may be quietly altering our own preferences
- Day Care for All
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/09/opinion/sunday/child-care-daycare-democrats-progressive.html
The progressive to-do list is missing a very important idea.
- Make Me a Cold and Pitiless Goddess
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/09/opinion/sunday/mythology-rape.html
I don’t want to focus on how rape changed me. I want to focus on changing rape culture.
- When the Cure Is Worse Than the Disease
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/09/opinion/sunday/pain-opioids.html
In an effort to reduce opioid addiction, doctors are cutting back on pain medication — and sometimes leaving patients to suffer.
- The Real Mommy War Is Against the State
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/09/opinion/sunday/the-real-mommy-war-is-against-the-state.html
Stop blaming yourselves. Blame the total lack of social supports.
