by Martin Eiermann* In international comparison, the United States stand out for the wide range of political hopes that are attached to the right to privacy—which covers anything from abortion and contraceptive access to employee claims against workplace surveillance and consumer rights—and for having a uniquely fragmented landscape of privacy laws. The privacy of health-related […]| Economic Sociology & Political Economy
There has been a significant global reduction in smoking, but use remains stubbornly high in some countries and groups – while the tobacco industry is aggressively marketing new nicotine products to young people. This is according to the World Health Organization (WHO) tobacco trends report, which was released on Monday. “In 2000, one in three adults […]| Health Policy Watch
The first pregnant woman infected with malaria has been recruited into a Phase 3 trial in Mali that is evaluating the efficacy and safety of antimalarial drugs during the first trimester of pregnancy. Pregnant women are more susceptible to malaria as they have reduced immunity, and malaria poses serious risks to both mothers and babies. […]| Health Policy Watch
In the latest episode of Trailblazers with Garry, host Dr. Garry Aslanyan sits down with Professor Adalsteinn (Steini) Brown, dean of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. Together, they explore how public health education must evolve to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing world. From integrating data and […]| Health Policy Watch
Rawls believes that a just society must be a pluralistic society, and that means that it must be neutral across (reasonable) comprehensive conceptions of the good. Citizens must be enabled to pursue their own comprehensive conceptions without interference from the state. Does this imply that a comprehensive conception based on the idea of ethnic or … Continue reading "Confronting race through Rawls’s political philosophy"| Understanding Society
Commitment to America as a whole must come one of two ways—as a “community of communities” in which one’s sympathy for the nation comes channeled through a commitment to locality; or through ideological abstraction.| Public Discourse
If Augustine’s two cities can’t be neatly mapped onto the modern distinction between Church and State, how can his thought help illumine Church-State relations?| Public Discourse
Washington state reports a 60% reduction in recidivism because of its Sustainability in Prison programs at its correctional facilities. One of those programs is composting. The post Connections: Compost And Crime appeared first on BioCycle.| BioCycle
Situating African theories in global context The post Disorder as Political Instrument: Lessons from Patrick Chabal’s African Scholarship for Contemporary America appeared first on African Arguments.| African Arguments
In a 4 September message, the WHO/HQ Staff Association called for an Extraordinary General Assembly (EGA), now due to take place on Monday, 22 September.| Health Policy Watch
More Americans say they are confident in higher education now than a year ago, the first increase Gallup has measured in the decade-old trend.| Gallup.com
Want to connect with other researchers studying transformative organizations? Consider submitting to a new sub-track “Emergent Organizations: Creating More Participatory, Inclusive, and Caring Civil Societies and Social Economies” at Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE)! Due to the pandemic, the 2021 conference will be virtual, spanning July 2-5, 2021. Joyce Rothschild, Victor Tan Chen, […]| orgtheory.net
Much has been discussed in the media about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic; for example, to compensate for the absence of coordinated support, working mothers are carrying more caregiving responsibilities. However, the full range of externalities resulting from governmental and organizational decisions (or in the case of some governments, “non”-decisions which are decisions in […]| orgtheory.net
The most important benefits the Christian religion can give to democracy is the awakening of conscience, the substance of ethics, and the rehumanization of society. It gives human freedom guidance, and the human spirit of toleration and forbearance. And it is the Christian religion that teaches a true equality—that of human dignity, on which an imperfect yet a more just society can be built.| Public Discourse
Our teacher had said she thought the Negroes were going too far. I had raised my hand and disagreed. “Too far from what?” I had asked. The full An Eighth Grade Moment by Edna Garte can be found at Memoir Magazine.| Memoir Magazine
In the past two decades, global health governance has undergone a quiet revolution, shaped less by sovereign states and more by the growing influence of private capital. The World Health Organisati…| Developing Economics
Explore key insights from the DigiAssets 2025 Playbook on the future of digital assets, featuring expert commentary and industry research sponsored by Amberdata.| blog.amberdata.io
About one in six Republicans (16%) approve of the job Congress is doing, down from 28% in July and 50% in February.| Gallup.com
(The Conversation) — Violence in the West Bank has intensified since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel and the ensuing war in Gaza.| RNS
Crypto markets hit historic milestones with Bitcoin's surge to $123k and the passage of the GENIUS Act, marking significant institutional and regulatory advancements.| blog.amberdata.io
Amberdata shortlisted for 2025 Hedgeweek® US Awards as Data Provider of the Year. Vote now to support their innovative digital asset solutions.| blog.amberdata.io
It is no small announcement that after two years of sustained warfare, the prime example of a modern sex-integrated military decided to backtrack. As Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth noted in a tweet last weekend, this is major news for militaries around the world that are reconsidering the role of women in combat.| The American Way of Life
In 2024, sand and dust storms affected 330 million people across 150 countries taking a toll on health and economies, according to a new report by the World| Health Policy Watch
The International Trade Union Confederation’s (ITUC) 2025 Global Rights Index was released on 2 June. The report presents a sobering picture of escalating violations of workers’ rights globally. Based on data from 151 countries, the Index reports that 87% of countries violated the right to strike, 80% restricted collective bargaining, and over 70% impeded union […]| Developing Economics
by Jawied Nawabi* At least, since the end of WWII the world has advanced significantly in scientific knowledge, technology, and the institutionalization of universal human rights conventions, yet there still prevails enormous levels of inequality, malnutrition, and poverty in the world. With all our advancements in the social sciences in the past seven decades on how […]| Economic Sociology & Political Economy
Here's a link to a research paper the Mercatus Center has published by me and Scott Sumner.| Idiosyncratic Whisk
According to the Census Bureau, homeownership shot up by 2.6% just this quarter! Normally, that amount of change would take a decade or more.| Idiosyncratic Whisk
Lumina and Gallup find Americans are more confident in community colleges than four-year universities. The greatest difference between the two is cost.| Gallup.com
Confidence in the U.S. Supreme Court is down 11 percentage points this year, falling to a new low of 25%.| Gallup.com
Two to four million additional Africans are likely to die annually as a result of the shock aid cuts by the United States and other key donors, according to| Health Policy Watch
Figure 1 One of the problems of the modern world is that it is so deep, specialised, and complicated that it is difficult hard to tell real progress in some specialised areas from bullshit. This is a problem in science, but I think, everywhere that anything complicated is happening This leads to the deeper problem that it is easier to seem good than to be good. Sometimes, e.g. art, these can be nearly the same thing. But sometimes, with the production of material goods or the production of ...| The Dan MacKinlay stable of variably-well-consider’d enterprises
Figure 1 A mess of links about the state and its capacity to do things, incorporating institutions, social licence and the like. Participatory budgeting, participatory resource management, lack thereof. Practically speaking, it seems that most citizens would kinda like the state to invest in maintaining a society that was not a crumbling pit of poverty awash in disease and toxic waste and ruled over by robber barons. However, given that they don’t trust the state to get anything right, the...| The Dan MacKinlay stable of variably-well-consider’d enterprises
Forty percent of Americans approve of the job the U.S. Supreme Court is doing, unchanged from the record low measured last fall.| Gallup.com
look, whatever the {official economic} charts say is a 100% bold faced lie. have you seen the price of a little ceasars pizza? it’s jumped nearly 50% in the last 4 years. my salary has not gone up 50% relative to my experiece in the last 4 years. most recently i got a salary cut. … Continue reading To Save Democracy, We Need to Rebuild Trust In Our Institutions→| Outlook Zen
Americans' trust in various aspects of the U.S. government is low, including 39% who trust the federal government to handle international problems.| Gallup.com
This year’s Nobel memorial prize in economics has gone to Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and […]| Social Science Space
On cultivating an ongoing practice of intention, meeting the moment, and bringing community together around culture The post Practicing Solidarity, Living Values: A Conversation with Mizna appeared first on Mn Artists.| Mn Artists
The military is often perceived by well-meaning Americans as the last stronghold against the progressive march through America’s institutions. But this is no longer simply the case.| The American Way of Life
Map of Africa from 1583 The default unit of analysis for many economists when dealing with national economics is the state. Yet, in economics textbooks ‘the state’ is often assumed to be a neutral …| Developing Economics
The main thrust of my reflections in “The Contemporary Research University: Freedom and Force” (2024) can be summarized as follows. The epistemological intuition behind the justification for academic autonomy for faculty offered in Hormio and Reijula’s “Universities as Anarchic Knowledge Institutions” (2023) is sound: “as a rule, plurality of thought is more likely to generate new ideas and solutions than cognitive monism” (Rider 2024). In my critical remarks, however, I implici...| Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
Just as at the time of Bretton Woods, international economic law is essential to discourage destructive national policies. But it is also vital to understand how law, regulations and institutions a…| Developing Economics
Gallup finds public faith in many societal institutions holding steady at or near their record lows. Majorities view small business and the military positively.| Gallup.com
Americans now split into roughly equal thirds as to whether they have a lot of (36%), some (32%) or very little (32%) confidence in higher education.| Gallup.com
This checklist offers a comprehensive framework for managing all necessary essential regulatory documents efficiently.| Advarra
There is a widely held sense that the digital/sensing/earth observation revolution will help humans find our way out of the dangers of the end of the Holocene. But - how exactly will this work? How can we make it work? Trying to explain what kind of information matters.| Jessica Seddon
As sIRB mandates reshape the clinical trial landscape, study teams must navigate unique challenges while ensuring compliance and participant protection.| Advarra - Advancing Better Research
By Sarah Shepherd. Fraternalism fulfilled a crucial role in society. It was a social club as well as an early form of social welfare through the principle of reciprocal aid.| Social Welfare History Project
Maintaining complete and compliant documentation while managing the complex processes and interactions of clinical trial conduct can be complicated. This blog outlines the details to look out for preparing your investigator site file (ISF) for an audit.| Advarra - Advancing Better Research
The FDA's 2024 draft guidance emphasizes the critical role of independent DMCs in clinical trials, enhancing oversight, safety, and trial integrity.| Advarra - Advancing Better Research
https://www.madinamerica.com/2018/03/stop-shocks-torture-massachusetts/ Click the above link for full article by Cal Montgomery about the Judge Rotenberg Center’s usage of torture. Spread this around. “What happened to Andre McCollins is still legal. It shouldn’t be. It wouldn’t be legal for anyone else — not convicted terrorists, not captured enemy combatants, not anybody. And it shouldn’t be: torture […]| Ballastexistenz
Americans express the lowest level of confidence in their military in decades. Republicans are still the most likely to be confident in the military.| Gallup.com
Library leaders should be drawn from across the organization. Any idea that technology leaders are overly specialised or too distant from general library work is outmoded and counter-productive.| LorcanDempsey.net
Originally Written: August 2022.| The Chaostician
AKA “Cooperation, cultural evolution & economic development”. Where do ‘good’ or pro-social institutions come from? Why does the capacity for collective action and coope…| pseudoerasmus
Social norms, institutions, and economic development. (A companion post to “Where do pro-social institutions come from?”)| pseudoerasmus
Americans' confidence in most major U.S. institutions has fallen in the past year, and confidence collectively is at a new low in Gallup's trend.| Gallup.com
