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One officer involved in the city's massive corruption scandal said officers kept the replicas "in case we accidentally hit somebody or got into a shootout, so we could plant them."

These alternatives can help keep communities safe for everyone.

Sandra Laing was born black, but to white parents. It would have been strange anywhere - but in apartheid South Africa it was disastrous. Rory Carroll reports from Johannesburg.

As neural devices proliferate, so do reports of personality changes, foundering relationships, and people who want to leave their careers.

Graham Rayman at the Village Voice brings us more on officer Adrian Schoolcraft, the modern day Serpico who was sent to a psych ward for reporting on corruption in the NYPD. While working out of the 81st precinct in Brooklyn, Schoolcraft became aware of a pattern of crime victims getting caught up in bureaucratic hurdles that seemed to have purposely been set up to make it hard to report serious crimes. Schoolcraft reported a number of these incidents to investigators. That's where things take a turn for the insane:

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Ten former USC Song Girls described to The Times a toxic culture within the famed collegiate dance team that included longtime former coach Lori Nelson rebuking women publicly for their eating habits, personal appearance and sex lives.

We all know Maslow’s famous Hierarchy of Needs. But do we know about the Blackfoot way of life that may have inspired Maslow to develop it?

Remains of those killed in 1985 Move bombing in Philadelphia serve as ‘case study’ in Princeton-backed course

Intellectually disabled people are 2.5 times more likely than other people to contract coronavirus and nearly six times more likely to die from it, according to a new study.

Companies may seek to dismantle prejudice among their employees – but psychologists question whether these short courses can effect lasting change

Nijeer Parks was innocent. That didn't stop police from arresting him based on a false facial recognition match.

We asked eight people around the world what they thought. It didn’t go well.

The academic humanities aren't anti-science. If anything, they're too deferential to scientists.

The legislative push to restrict their rights isn’t new, but it’s gained more force in 2021.

Mental health experts nonviolently disarm teens with weapons every day.

But there is a lot to apologize for — from Reconstruction to today.

An Asian woman walking in Midtown Manhattan was bashed in the head with a hammer by a stranger demanding the victim remove her mask, police said Monday. The NYPD is investigating the attack as a possible hate crime, the latest in a string of bias-fueled attacks against Asian victims in New York City.

After seeing plays, audience members expressed more empathy for the groups depicted onstage and changed their attitudes about a wide range of political issues.

A new study suggests white parents tell their kids "to not see color." But pretending they don't doesn't fight racism.

Los Angeles sheriff’s department has routinely retaliated against victims’ relatives who speak out, NLG and ACLU say in report

Which sounds more urgent: "global warming" or "pollution blanket overheating planet"? In this actionable talk, communications strategist John Marshall explains why we need to rethink how we talk about climate change -- and offers small but mighty language adjustments to get people to more intuitively understand and care about this existential threat.

“It’s upsetting when you’re so out of control of your body, and you say you’re done, and people ignore you and override your choice.”

“If you're leaving out two-thirds of who people are, how can you possibly be able to effectively address their mental health?”

Organizations benefit from actively fostering kindness. In workplaces where acts of kindness become the norm, the spillover effects can multiply fast. When people receive an act of kindness, they pay it back, research shows — and not just to the same person, but often to someone entirely new. This leads to a culture of generosity in an organization. The authors outline more of the research-backed benefits of kindness, share their own research on how giving compliments boosts happiness, and offer practical tips for managers who want to promote kindness on their team.

The results show the power of cash transfers to reduce homelessness.

Nature - Simon Baron-Cohen absorbs the grave revelations in a study on a paediatrician enmeshed in autism’s history.