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(http://www.socialpsychology.org/client/redirect.php?from=rss_feed&id=179070&url=https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-04-19/un-rights-chief-urges-states-to-act-on-slavery-reparations) U.N. Rights Chief Urges States to Act on Slavery Reparations
Apr 20th 2024, 02:46

Source: (http://www.usnews.com/) U.S. News and World ReportThe United Nations human rights chief called for countries to take concrete steps on reparations for people of African descent at a U.N. meeting on Friday, adding his voice to calls for justice for slavery atrocities. Support is building among Africa and Caribbean nations for the creation of a tribunal to address reparations, which might include financial payments and other amends, for crimes dating back to the transatlantic trade of enslaved...

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(http://www.socialpsychology.org/client/redirect.php?from=rss_feed&id=179029&url=https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2024/04/18/racial-disparities-health-care/8051713459203/) Racial Disparities in Healthcare Persist Across the U.S., Report Finds
Apr 20th 2024, 02:41

Source: (http://www.upi.com/Health_News/) United Press International - Health NewsDeep-seated racial and ethnic disparities persist in healthcare across the United States, even in states considered the most progressive, a new report shows. For example, California received a score of 45 out of 100 for the care its health system provides Hispanic Americans. That's better than the score of 37 received by Hispanic Americans living in Florida, but it's far worse than California's treatment of White patients, whose score was 87.

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(http://www.socialpsychology.org/client/redirect.php?from=rss_feed&id=179054&url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lizard-population-declining-climate-change/) Plant and Animal Species Becoming Extinct at Record Pace, Says U.N.
Apr 20th 2024, 02:41

Source: (https://www.cbsnews.com/science/) CBS News - ScienceBoots dusty, lungs heaving, Dr. John Wiens searched the boulders of a desolate Arizona mountaintop for the last survivors of a 3-million-year-old lizard population — then said the words that both confirmed his life's work and broke his heart. "They're not there," he said. "It seems like the species is now extinct." The loss of plant and animal species on Earth is happening at a speed never seen in human history, according to the United Nations.

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(http://www.socialpsychology.org/client/redirect.php?from=rss_feed&id=179067&url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/04/240412154933.htm) Team Develops Pea-Sized Brain Stimulator for Use in Human Patients
Apr 20th 2024, 02:36

Source: (https://www.sciencedaily.com/) Science Daily - Top HealthEngineers have developed a pea-sized implantable brain stimulator and shown that it works in a human patient. Thanks to pioneering magnetoelectric power transfer technology, the device can be powered wirelessly via an external transmitter and used to stimulate the brain through the dura—the protective membrane attached to the bottom of the skull—and may revolutionize treatment for drug-resistant depression and other psychiatric or...

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(http://www.socialpsychology.org/client/redirect.php?from=rss_feed&id=179056&url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2024/04/19/Title-IX-stronger-rules-sex-gender-discrimination/6581713530693/) White House Strengthens Title IX Sex and Gender Discrimination Rules
Apr 20th 2024, 02:34

Source: (http://www.upi.com/Health_News/) United Press International - Health NewsThe Biden administration on Friday finalized sweeping changes to Title IX, strengthening protections against sex and gender discrimination in schools. The rules, which take effect on August 1, require schools to respond quickly to sex and gender discrimination, expand LGBTQ rights and give victims more power in sexual abuse cases.

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