As biracial people become increasingly common in the U.S., bias based on perceived rather than actual identity will, too
I never considered that possibility before—but I am now
What I learned from a game that brings the phenomenon of implicit bias vividly to life
Most people know it’s a problem for athletes and soldiers—but it affects victims of domestic violence even more
It’s not just “superstar” doctors who get away with abuse of patients, medical trainees and other hospital staff
If you can’t think of a high-profile doctor who got “taken down” by the #MeToo movement, it’s not for a lack of perpetrators
Pathologist Alice Hamilton was among the first to focus attention on the dangers of lead, explosives and noxious chemicals in the workplace
Images featured in stories about childbearing almost inevitably leave out the rest of a woman’s body, and it’s dehumanizing
The rarity of science Nobels for women is an ongoing scandal
It leads to violence against, and the trafficking of, Native women
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