The Conversation

Naloxone remains controversial to some, but here's why it shouldn't be

Written by Cyrus Ahalt, University of California, San Francisco

U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams demonstrates the proper procedure for administering a nasal injection of naloxone on reporter Jennifer Lott, left, during a visit to the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Miss., May 17, 2018. AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis

The overdose-reversing drug naloxone saves thousands of lives each year and...

Why the war on poverty in the US isn't over, in 4 charts

Written by Robert L. Fischer, Co-Director of the Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development, Case Western Reserve University

About 12.7 percent of Americans lived below the poverty line in 2016.StanislauV/shutterstock.com

On July 12, President Trump’s Council of Economic Advisers concluded that America’s long-running war on poverty “is largely over and a success.”

I am a researcher who has studied poverty for nearly 20 years in Cleveland, a city...

Bloody uprising in Nicaragua could trigger the next Central American refugee crisis

Written by Jose Miguel Cruz, Director of Research, Florida International University

Militias guard a barricade after police and pro-government militias stormed a rebel-held neighborhood in Masaya, Nicaragua, on July 17, 2018. AP Photo/Cristibal Venegas

Central American migrants have long been at the center of what consecutive U.S. administrations have called the immigration “crisis.”

Each year, thousands of Central...

How virtual worlds can recreate the geographic history of life

Written by Robert K. Colwell, Distinguished Research Professor, University of Connecticut

Forest near Sarayaku, Ecuador.skifatenum, CC BY

The Amazon and the adjacent Andean slopes in South America host an astonishing richness of plants and animals. These species have been sources of food, shelter and medicine since the arrival of humans and a target of scientific curiosity since the days of the earliest European naturalist explorers.

Wh...

Cómo las ciudades pueden ayudar a los inmigrantes a sentirse en casa: 4 gráficos

Written by Ernesto Castañeda, Assistant Professor of Sociology, American University

Al mismo tiempo que crece el sentimiento antimigrante en varios lugares desde Alemania hasta Estados Unidos, varias ciudades hallan maneras para hacer que los inmigrantes se sientan como en casa.

Durante más de una década, he realizado cientos de entrevistas en Nueva York, París y Barcelona para comprender cómo cada...

What makes Putin's vision of a Russian-US oil alliance a pipedream

Written by Anna Mikulska, Nonresident Fellow in Energy Studies, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University

One historic handshake in HelsinkiAP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais

When Russian leader Vladimir Putin addressed the media in Helsinki alongside President Donald Trump, he proposed that their countries “work together” to make oil and gas markets calmer.

Trump didn’t say whether he supported the idea but he repeated his frequent...

US health care companies begin exploring blockchain technologies

Written by Ana Santos Rutschman, Assistant Professor of Law, Saint Louis University

Finding ways to link health care data in a secure and confidential way.PopTika/Shutterstock.com

The sprawling U.S. health care industry has trouble managing patient information: Every doctor, medical office, hospital, pharmacy, therapist and insurance company needs different pieces of data to properly care for patients. These records are scattered...

MGM is suing the victims of the worst mass shooting in US history. Here's why

Written by Timothy D. Lytton, Distinguished University Professor & Professor of Law, Georgia State University

The scene in Las Vegas several days after the worst mass shooting in U.S. history.AP Photo/Gregory Bull

Last October, Stephen Paddock unleashed a barrage of automatic gunfire from a 32nd-floor hotel room overlooking a large crowd of concertgoers attending a country music festival in Las Vegas. With a body count of 59 dead and another 500 wounded,...

Reeling from the news? Train your brain to feel better with these 4 techniques

Written by Laurel Mellin, Associate Clinical Professor of Family & Community Medicine and Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, President Donald Trump and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras before the NATO summit in Brussels July 11, 2018. AP Photo/Ludovic Marin

Americans have been barraged in the past couple of weeks by a series of major news events – some of them unsettling. President Trump’s trip to Europe left many...

What is heaven?

Written by Joanne M. Pierce, Professor of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross

Illustration of Dante's Paradiso.Giovanni di Paolo

When a family member or a friend passes away, we often find ourselves reflecting on the question “where are they now?” As mortal beings, it is a question of ultimate significance to each of us.

Different cultural groups, and different individuals within them, respond with numerous,...