Race and ethnicity
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Parenting and families
idea
DNA testing is easy. It can also turn your family upside down
DNA testing is bringing the era of family secrets to a close. When a surprise is uncovered, lives can change forever
by Libby Copeland
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Mental health
idea
Bias in mental health diagnosis gets in the way of treatment
Some groups are at risk of receiving less accurate mental health diagnoses. The expanded use of diagnostic aids could help
by Howard N Garb
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Painting and sculpture
film
After years of struggle, an artist faces a new obstacle – staggering success
Directed by Titus Kaphar and Alex Mallis
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Civic life
idea
The surprising way to tackle prejudice in the real world
The good news is there are many effective anti-prejudice interventions, but the most promising remains relatively unknown
by Wing Hsieh
![A dark-skinned hand with a pulse oximeter on a finger displaying 98% oxygen saturation and 84 bpm on a grey countertop.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/39a3a6f1-d826-4128-a94b-2ccb726c648c/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Bioethics
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Some medical devices don’t mean to be racist, but they are
Oppression can get built into anything, including medical devices. How do they influence us, and what can we do about them?
by Vanessa Carbonell & Shen-yi Liao
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Race and ethnicity
idea
Fitting in is human: forcing someone to fit in is oppression
We’re all cultural code-switchers, altering how we present ourselves to fit into the world. For some, it’s a losing game
by Arianna Falbo
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Trauma and PTSD
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Racism has broadened ‘Black time’ to an always and everywhere
As a Black American woman, my life runs to a time embodied in a racist past, a time lost to trauma that I’ll never get back
by Desirée H Melton