Doctors are partly to blame, but so is a culture that demands zero pain after medical treatment.
Corruption
Trouble in Brazil
With President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil looking increasingly likely to face impeachment by early May, investors are turning their attention to the man who’d succeed her.
Forecasting Future Atrocities
Researchers attempt to predict which countries are most at risk for genocide or politicide over the coming five years.
Pobre México
The millions of Mexicans who have evaded the legal immigration system work dangerous and dirty jobs for a fraction of American wages—and that's a national disgrace. But the end of cheap, vulnerable immigrant labor is near.
The strange history of opiates in America: from morphine for kids to heroin for soldiers
America’s burgeoning opiate problem is a tragedy, but it shouldn’t come as a surprise: it stretches back to the arrival of the Mayflower in 1620.
Twelve million Americans take out payday loans each year, spending more than $7 billion on loan fees
Reality TV Linked to Heightened Narcissism
New research finds a link between higher levels of narcissism and a preference for certain television genres, including sports.
What if Facebook forgot Donald Trump?
This year, more money will be spent on political ads – $11.4 billion – than ever before. According to Borrell Associates around $1 billion of that will be spent on digital media, and half of that on social media. Compare that digital media spend to the $22.25 million spent in 2008, and you’ll see a 5,000 percent increase.
But forget ad spend for a second. Think about where voters now get their news – or the food of their outrage.
Which Police Strategies Work?
A new report examines data from more than 1,400 studies of programs such as broken windows policing, gun buybacks, therapy, and other attempts to curtail death and violence in American cities.