+POLITICAL

WORKER'S RIGHTS

Overnight Workers' Metabolism Negatively Impacted
Wage Theft - widespread international issue totalling in billions annually
"Right to work" has negatively impacted workers' gains from economic growth; unions
SCOTUS rules workers need not be paid for company-mandated time: Amazon warehouse workers not compensated for screenings
Forced smiling in customer service employees damages emotional, mental health

WEALTH DISPARITY

Higher social class predicts increased unethical behavior
Impact of Socioeconomic status on thoughts & behavior

CORPORATIONS

Colombia Coca Cola Union claims employer uses mercenary thugs to break protests

+SOCIAL

FEMINISM

Gender Differences in decision making based on emotional aversion to harm, not inability to rationally assess outcomes
Gender discrimantion top reason women opt out of hard science fields - male and female scientists agree
Women demonstrate higher ability to show equitable decision making in corporate leadership roles
Correlation between higher numbers of women in government and lower rates of corruption in those countries

RACISM

Understanding White Privilege
Police speak less respectfully to black people - shown by body cams
Tennesee Inmates: undergo sterilization for reduced sentence time

LAW ENFORCEMENT & MILITARY

Police Body Cams reduce violence; complaints (PDF)
10,000+ untested rape kits in one Michigan county alone
Undercover Cop in UK marries unsuspecting activist, fathers child with her as part of cover
More US troops died of suicide than combat in 2011 by 18%

BEHAVIORAL

Choosing Pain over Contemplation
Feedback rather than evidence reinforces beliefs

+SCIENCES

ANIMAL COGNIZANCE

Crows demonstrating understanding of spatial displacement
Goats prefer humans with happy facial expressions

ENVIRONMENT

Sudden Antarctic ice loss shifts Earth's gravity
Ocean populations down 50% over past 50 years
High number of Earth's ecosystems dangerously unbalanced


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