CCF Briefing
- The Opioid Crisis Isn’t White
- England Greatly Expands Sex Education, Despite Some Parents’ Protests
- California court ruling could deter college students from reporting sexual assault
- Biggest winners and losers from degrees
- The Jail Health-Care Crisis
- The Geography of Partisan Prejudice
- These Are the Americans Who Live in a Bubble
- On Not Believing Leaving Neverland
- The Hidden Costs of Stressed-Out Workers
- Autoworker upheaval: Families split, children left behind
- Toxic parenting myths make life harder for people with autism. That must change.
- ‘Heartbreaking’: Black homeownership has been in steady decline since ’04
- Why nonworking men are unhappiest in America
- Who brought us this long boom?
- Kamala Harris brought sex work into the 2020 spotlight. Here’s what she should do next.
- ‘You Have to Pay With Your Body’: The Hidden Nightmare of Sexual Violence on the Border
- The U.S. Teaching Population Is Getting Bigger, and More Female
- Is DNA Left on Envelopes Fair Game for Testing?
- The ‘Hidden Mechanisms’ That Help Those Born Rich to Excel in Elite Jobs
- Grieving Parents Are Turning to Posthumous IVF
- Baby boomers upend the workforce one last time
- Female Factor: Women Drive the Labor-Force Comeback
- Millennials Are Facing $1 Trillion in Debt
- The Invisibility of Older Women
- Texans’ life expectancy varies wildly depending on zip code
- An interactive exploration of the geography of prosperity in America
- The Abortion Debate Needs Moral Lament
- Baby boomers upend the workforce one last time
- I Am Not Untouchable. I Just Have My Period.
30 This Is What a Feminist Country Looks Like
- Sweden Provides Some Perspective on Women and Equality
- How to Talk to Your Kids About Drugs When Everyone Is Doing Them
- Finding Compassion for ‘Vaccine-Hesitant’ Parents
- Deaths From Drugs and Suicide Reach a Record in the U.S.
- What Is Considered ‘Early’ for Menopause?
- How to Think About Taxing and Spending Like a Swede
- Even Google Can No Longer Hide Its Gender Pay Gap
- Pedestrian Deaths in U.S. Approach Highest Number in Nearly 30 Years, Study Shows
- Why Birthrates Among Hispanic Americans Have Plummeted
- How to Raise a Child Without Imposing Gender
- Do antidepressants work?
- The diversity gap for public school teachers is actually growing across generations
- Tech hotbeds, energy hubs and college towns are the strongest U.S. job markets.
- How to Stay Safe in the Club
- What Does Misogyny Look Like?
- Teen Fiction and the Perils of Cancel Culture
- 7 Times Women in Sports Fought for Equality
- The Opioid Crisis Isn’t White
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/26/opinion/opioid-crisis-drug-users.html
Contrary to media portrayals, overdose deaths are ravaging communities of color.
- England Greatly Expands Sex Education, Despite Some Parents’ Protests
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/26/world/europe/sex-education-uk.html
The first revision of the curriculum in two decades will include information on same-sex relationships, as well as warnings against sexting and forced marriage.
- California court ruling could deter college students from reporting sexual assault
https://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/article226894134.html
College students who have reported sexual assaults will be called to answer questions in a live hearing from the very people they’ve accused of abusing them.
- Biggest winners and losers from degrees
https://www.bbc.com/news/education-46345527
Women with a degree earn on average 28% more than non-graduate women. Men with degrees earn an average of 8% more than non-graduates. But a third of men go to universities which give them only a “negligible” pay advantage, despite the cost of fees.
- The Jail Health-Care Crisis
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/03/04/the-jail-health-care-crisis
The opioid epidemic and other public-health emergencies are being aggravated by failings in the criminal-justice system.
- The Geography of Partisan Prejudice
A guide to the most—and least—politically open-minded counties in America
- These Are the Americans Who Live in a Bubble
A significant minority seldom or never meet people from another race, and they prize sameness, not difference.
- On Not Believing Leaving Neverland
The HBO documentary provides a detailed exploration of Michael Jackson’s alleged abuses; it also hints at what happens when faith and fandom get blurred.
- The Hidden Costs of Stressed-Out Workers
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-hidden-costs-of-stressed-out-workers-11551367913
Companies often don’t realize how much they pay for lost time and productivity from unhealthy workplace dynamics. But there are ways to lower the stress level.
- Autoworker upheaval: Families split, children left behind
- Toxic parenting myths make life harder for people with autism. That must change.
- ‘Heartbreaking’: Black homeownership has been in steady decline since ’04
- Why nonworking men are unhappiest in America
https://www.brookings.edu/podcast-episode/why-nonworking-men-are-unhappiest-in-america
Fifteen to 20 percent of men between the ages of 25 and 54 have fallen out of the American workforce altogether. On the Brookings Cafeteria podcast, Carol Graham examines why this group has fallen into such despair, how they compare to their counterparts globally, and what these trends may hold for the workforce and society.
- Who brought us this long boom?
The current economic expansion began in mid-2009 and has already passed the 1960s’ boom for longevity (106 months, from 1961 to 1969). It is now approaching the record, the 1990s’ boom (120 months, from 1991 to 2001).
- Kamala Harris brought sex work into the 2020 spotlight. Here’s what she should do next.
Kamala Harris became the first mainstream U.S. presidential candidate to publicly state she supports the decriminalization of sex work. In 2008, however, Harris opposed Proposition K, a San Francisco ballot measure brought by sex workers to end prostitution arrests in the city.
- ‘You Have to Pay With Your Body’: The Hidden Nightmare of Sexual Violence on the Border
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/03/us/border-rapes-migrant-women.html
On America’s southern border, migrant women and girls are the victims of sexual assaults that most often go unreported, uninvestigated and unprosecuted.
- The U.S. Teaching Population Is Getting Bigger, and More Female
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2019/02/the-explosion-of-women-teachers/582622
Women now make up a larger share of educators than they have in decades.
- Is DNA Left on Envelopes Fair Game for Testing?
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/03/dna-tests-for-envelopes-have-a-price/583636/
The genealogist’s dream of testing old, spit-laced artifacts is coming true—but raising questions about who controls dead people’s DNA.
- The ‘Hidden Mechanisms’ That Help Those Born Rich to Excel in Elite Jobs
When two sociologists interviewed highly paid architects, TV producers, actors, and accountants, they encountered work cultures that favor the already affluent.
- Grieving Parents Are Turning to Posthumous IVF
Is preserving a Jewish bloodline worth creating a child who will never know her father?
- Baby boomers upend the workforce one last time
As older workers look to retire, companies reckon with how to replace departing skill sets
- Female Factor: Women Drive the Labor-Force Comeback
https://www.wsj.com/articles/female-factor-women-drive-the-labor-force-comeback-11551436214
The share of women participating in the workforce is rising much faster than for men
- Millennials Are Facing $1 Trillion in Debt
Student loans make up the majority of 19-29 years old debt. Since 2009, mortgage debt up 3.2% while student loans up 102%.
- The Invisibility of Older Women
As they age, women experience less public scrutiny—and entertain a wider set of choices about when and how they are seen.
- Texans’ life expectancy varies wildly depending on zip code
- An interactive exploration of the geography of prosperity in America
Americans experience a very different economy depending on where they live. New interactive research from the Hamilton Project at Brookings measures the vitality of states and counties across the country and maps which places are struggling and which are thriving.
- The Abortion Debate Needs Moral Lament
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/03/abortion-will-play-big-role-2020/583873
“Born alive” bills show where abortion politics are going.
- Baby boomers upend the workforce one last time
As older workers look to retire, companies reckon with how to replace departing skill sets
- I Am Not Untouchable. I Just Have My Period.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/08/opinion/menstrual-shaming-nepal.html
Forbidden from participating in daily life, Nepalese girls are speaking out against menstrual shaming.
30 This Is What a Feminist Country Looks Like
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/08/world/europe/international-womens-day-feminism.html
Sweden has prioritized gender and women’s issues for years. Even its foreign policy is feminist.
- Sweden Provides Some Perspective on Women and Equality
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/08/world/europe/sweden-women-equal-representation.html
Swedish women have achieved near parity with men in government. But gains have slowed, and there are some cautionary tales.
- How to Talk to Your Kids About Drugs When Everyone Is Doing Them
At least my “this is your brain on drugs” generation understood fear. Now, narcotics are the new boxed wine.
- Finding Compassion for ‘Vaccine-Hesitant’ Parents
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/07/opinion/vaccine-measles-parents.html
They’re infuriating and dangerous. I try to remember they’re also the terrified victims of misinformation.
- Deaths From Drugs and Suicide Reach a Record in the U.S.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/07/us/deaths-drugs-suicide-record.html
A look at an analysis of data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and what it means.
- What Is Considered ‘Early’ for Menopause?
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/07/well/what-is-considered-early-for-menopause.html
A woman’s period can stop for a variety of reasons. Here is how you know it’s menopause.
- How to Think About Taxing and Spending Like a Swede
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/07/opinion/europe-taxes-sweden.html
Europe has less inequality and more social mobility because its taxation schemes reach deeper into society and do more for everyone.
- Even Google Can No Longer Hide Its Gender Pay Gap
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/07/opinion/google-pay-gap.html
A new federal rule will force big companies to report pay scales according to gender and race.
- Pedestrian Deaths in U.S. Approach Highest Number in Nearly 30 Years, Study Shows
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/07/us/pedestrian-deaths.html
An estimated 6,227 pedestrians were killed in traffic last year, according to the study from the Governors Highway Safety Association.
- Why Birthrates Among Hispanic Americans Have Plummeted
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/07/us/us-birthrate-hispanics-latinos.html
As fertility rates across the United States continue to decline, some of the largest drops have been among Hispanics. One big reason: generational difference.
- How to Raise a Child Without Imposing Gender
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/07/style/gender-neutral-design-child.html
More parents are stripping nurseries of all gender cues, to create spaces where children can develop their own identities.
- Do antidepressants work?
https://aeon.co/essays/the-evidence-in-favour-of-antidepressants-is-terribly-flawed
Depression is a very complex disorder and we simply have no good evidence that antidepressants help sufferers to improve
- The diversity gap for public school teachers is actually growing across generations
- Tech hotbeds, energy hubs and college towns are the strongest U.S. job markets.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-hot-is-your-citys-job-market-11552041000
- How to Stay Safe in the Club
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/08/style/self-care/how-to-stay-safe-in-the-club.html
Tips from female and nonbinary collectives on how to party in safety.
- What Does Misogyny Look Like?
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/08/style/misogyny-women-history-photographs.html
A brief history of the #MeToo moment’s touchstone term.
- Teen Fiction and the Perils of Cancel Culture
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/08/opinion/teen-fiction-and-the-perils-of-cancel-culture.html
Readers, not a Twitter mob, should decide the fate of a book.
- 7 Times Women in Sports Fought for Equality
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/08/sports/women-sports-equality.html
All 28 players on the U.S. women’s soccer team filed a gender discrimination lawsuit on Friday. They are the latest athletes to insist on equal treatment from their sport.
