The Conversation – Page 2

Kids dance on 16th Street Northwest, renamed Black Lives Matter Plaza, near the White House on June 19, 2020, to mark Juneteenth.

Commentary: Hip-hop is the soundtrack to Black Lives Matter protests, continuing a tradition that dates to the blues

June 28, 2020 at 11:28 a.m.

The sound of Public Enemy's 1989 song "Fight the Power" blared as face-masked protesters in Washington, D.C., broke into a spontaneous rendition of the electric slide dance near the White...

Shoppers wind around stacks of wood pallets to enter a store in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood April 11.

Commentary: Some businesses want immunity from liability lawsuits during COVID-19. Bad idea.

May 1, 2020 at 12:59 p.m.

Governors around the country are attempting to restart the economy by easing restrictions put in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The prospect of returning to "normal" amid a...

Girls spend more time on their smartphones than boys, texting and using social media.

Commentary: Why teen depression rates are rising faster for girls than boys

January 21, 2020 at 2:26 p.m.

We're in the middle of a teen mental health crisis — and girls are at its epicenter. Since 2010, depression, self-harm and suicide rates have increased among teen boys. But...

Some news coverage about vaping by young people, such as these women at a party in Los Angeles, refers to them as millennials. But many of the youths in question are actually too young to qualify as members of the millennial generation.

Commentary: Millennials may not be who you think they are. Hint: They’re not 18 to 24 anymore.

October 23, 2019 at 1:32 p.m.

What value does the word "millennial" actually have? Americans have heard the buzzword ad nauseam by now. But millennial doesn't hold nearly as much meaning as Americans pretend it does....

Lisa Papp-Richards visits her mother, Mary Ann Papp, in her Minnesota nursing home room, where Papp-Richards installed a webcam to monitor her mom's care.

Commentary: Webcams in nursing home rooms may deter elder abuse, but are they ethical?

July 26, 2019 at 5:42 p.m.

Mary Ann Papp's daughter Lisa was worried about her 75-year-old mother. A foot infection seemed to be going untreated, leading Lisa to fear that her mother's nursing home wasn't providing...

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