posted on Thursday, January 07, 2021
This week’s violent attack on the Capitol was destabilizing. The attempt to derail the peaceful transfer of power only reinforced our commitment to make 2021 a year when democracy shines, voices are heard, and social and public health infrastructure are prioritized in ways that will help every community.
posted on Thursday, July 16, 2020
A report from the Center for Digital Democracy has found that the simple act of shopping for groceries online can put SNAP recipients at risk for exposure to manipulative marketing and online surveillance via “massive, ongoing data collection and personalized targeting.”
posted on Wednesday, June 03, 2020
Our duty now is to listen and align our words and our actions with those at the forefront of efforts to eliminate police violence.
posted on Tuesday, January 31, 2017
In an increasingly volatile political landscape, abortion is at the forefront of hotly contested public debates in the media and elsewhere. A new report from the Berkeley Media Studies Group and the Sea Change Program examines media coverage of the issue through a new lens — stigma. While researchers have investigated how news coverage reinforces stigma around a range of public health issues, from HIV to mental illness, this is the first time a national study has looked at how stigma appears in news coverage of abortion in the U.S.
