Social Sciences
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Driving the Future? Green Justice and the Lithium Valley
Sociology and Environmental Studies Professor and Institute for Social Transformation Faculty Director Chris Benner coauthored an article about how "solidarity economics" principles could be applied to discussions of lithium extraction in the Salton Sea region.
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UCSC prof Rob Fairlie talks Santa Cruz turning its dream of a small-business downtown into reality
Rob Fairlie spoke with Lookout Santa Cruz about his research on minority-owned businesses and shared thoughts on how to support diversity among small businesses in downtown Santa Cruz.
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Have American jails become the inferior replacement for mental hospitals?
Psychology Professor Craig Haney shared historical context with Salon on how policy decisions in the U.S. have resulted in more people with mental illness being incarcerated.
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Supportive environment does little for LGBTQ youth mental health
Psychology Professsor Phil Hammack's research on LGBTQ mental health in different types of communities across California was featured in a Los Angeles Blade article.
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Politics influenced Gavin Newsom’s decision to veto supervised drug-use sites. But not in the way you think
Professor Emeritus of Sociology Craig Reinarman spoke with the San Francisco Chronicle about Gavin Newsom's recent decision to veto a bill that would have created pilot sites for supervised drug use.
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How Fixes to the $800 Billion Covid Relief Program Got Money to More Small Businesses
A Bloomberg analysis of changes to the Paycheck Protection Program shared congressional testimony from Economics Professor Rob Fairlie.
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Two Years After CZU: Rethinking Wildfire Prevention
Anthropology Professor and Department Chair Andrew Mathews spoke with Good Times about the history of fire suppression in forest management and the need to embrace "good fire."
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India @ 75: Temper celebrations for now
Distinguished Professor of Economics Nirvikar Singh wrote a column for Financial Express analyzing India's progress on its 75th anniversary as an independent nation in the post-colonial era.
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California puts some of its most vulnerable prisoners in solitary confinement. A state bill would change that
Psychology Professor Craig Haney discussed the impacts of solitary confinement with the San Francisco Chronicle.
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Ukraine’s national seed bank is still standing, but could be ‘lost forever’ warn scientists
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Maywa Montenegro spoke with Euronews about seed conservation methods.
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Inside McDonald’s months-long decision to sell all 853 stores in Russia—and lose a significant chunk of global revenue with them
Anthropology Professor Melissa Caldwell spoke with Fortune about McDonald's exiting Russia.
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Hummingbird that was feared extinct is spotted in Colombian mountains
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela shared her enthusiasm with New Scientist over the news of a recent sighting of a rare hummingbird.