Tag: Harms
Social media harms teens’ mental health, mounting evidence shows. What now?
In January, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook’s parent company Meta, appeared at a congressional hearing to answer questions about how social media potentially harms children. Zuckerberg opened by saying: “The existing body of scientific work has not shown a causal link between using social media and young people having worse mental health.”
But many social scientists would disagree with that statement. In recent years, studies have started to show a causal link between teen social media use and reduced well-being
The Hidden Harms of CPR
The brutal procedure can save lives, but only in particular cases. Why has it become a default treatment?
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The Government’s Failure to Move Vulnerable People Out of Harm’s Way in the Era of Massive Flooding – Mother Jones
This article was produced in partnership with Columbia Journalism Investigations, the Center for Public Integrity and Type Investigations.
NEW BERN, NC—Janice Crews knew time was not on her side after Hurricane Florence’s record-breaking storm devastated her flood-prone neighborhood on September 14, 2018.
The retired postal worker acted quickly. She recruited an activist friend, organized neighbors, met with city officials and signed a petition for the Federal Emergency Management Agency to buy out their homes in the North Hills
These Communities Are Trapped in Harm’s Way as Climate Disasters Mount – Mother Jones
This article was produced in partnership with Columbia Journalism Investigations, the Center for Public Integrity, and Type Investigations.
SMITHFIELD, Va. — When flooding from Hurricane Floyd in 1999 destroyed Betty Ricks’ home, she rebuilt. Several years later, she posed proudly for a Christmas photograph beside her daughter and granddaughter in her new living room.
Then another flood—brought by Tropical Storm Ernesto in 2006—claimed her house a second time, leaving soggy furniture and appliances jumbled sideways.
“Everything gone again,”