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U.S. police kill about 1,000 people every year, which equals approximately 8% of all homicides for adult men. This risk is greater for Black men, who are about 2.5 times more likely to be killed by the police than white men.
Every police killing has painful and widespread consequences. As Denise A. Herd explains, the impact extends beyond family and the victim’s community. Evidence shows that many Black Americans experience police killings of other Black people as traumatic events, and that the harm from these incidents affects Black Americans far from the site of the killing.
Germany and the US have finally agreed to begin supplying Ukraine with their latest and most sophisticated tanks, a move that many experts think could significantly influence the course of the war. Germany, in particular, had been dragging its feet over supplying its Leopard 2 tanks (thought to be the most effective in the world).
Both Germany and the US have been concerned that supplying Kyiv with such effective offensive weapons will lend substance to Vladimir Putin’s assertion that Nato is deliberately escalating the conflict. But significant pressure, both at home and abroad, has persuaded them to change their minds.
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Denise A. Herd, University of California, Berkeley
Evidence shows that many Black Americans experience police killings of unarmed Black people – even those they do not know – as traumatic events, causing acute physical and emotional distress.
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Christoph Bluth, University of Bradford
Insider politics: why Germany needed US tanks to be offered to Ukraine.
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Sam Power, University of Sussex
The prime minister’s pledge to bring integrity to public office could become a stick to beat him with – just like ‘back to basics’ became for John Major.
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Steven P. Millies, Catholic Theological Union
Catholic leaders’ attitudes toward LGBTQ people have shifted dramatically – but the actual theology behind them, not so much.
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Suze Wilson, Massey University
Despite women now having equal representation within New Zealand’s parliament, the misogynistic abuse directed at Jacinda Ardern shows equal treatment of women in leadership is still a long way off.
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Hazel Flight, Edge Hill University
While most of us aren’t getting enough magnesium, supplements may not be necessary.
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Alice Clement, Flinders University
If we go far enough back in time, we all share an ancestor. And some of the features found in our bones and bodies today are a testament to that.
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Subir Sinha, SOAS, University of London
Seventy five years after his killing, Gandhi’s image is under scrutiny, but the Indian government likes to use it for political gain.
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Taru Manyanga, University of Northern British Columbia; Chalchisa Abdeta, University of Wollongong; Dawn Tladi, University of Botswana; Rowena Naidoo, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Factors such as having supportive family and friends, safer communities, positive school environments and adequate resources, are often associated with more physical activity.
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