Nepal’s revamped truth commissions will need to go beyond ‘ritualism’ to deliver justice to civil war victims
The two main bodies involved — the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and the Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons — were created by Nepal’s government in 2015 to deal ...
Half of Black gay men will be diagnosed with HIV, despite highly effective preventive treatments − why?
Black gay and bisexual men made up about 38% of the estimated 37,981 new HIV diagnoses in the U.S. in 2022. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that approximately 50% of these men ...
Wind phones help the bereaved deal with death, loss and grief − a clinical social worker explains the vital role of the old-fashioned rotary phone
People use the wind phone to “call” and have a one-way conversation with deceased loved ones. Here they can say the things left unsaid. Wind phones offer a setting for the person to tell the story of ...
College can be confusing for first-generation students – but it doesn’t have to be
That’s right. On average, early adulthood is more secure — in terms of career, family, health and a host of other outcomes — for college graduates. What we often miss, though, is the insecurity that ...
Gentrification isn’t inevitable − it can hinge on how residents view their neighborhood
Common understandings of gentrification and urban development often frame these urban processes as natural, linear and even inevitable for low-income neighborhoods. The argument goes that once you see ...
Men are carrying the brunt of the ‘loneliness epidemic’ amid potent societal pressures
As partners and fathers, men are still often perceived as deficient if they can’t provide economically. And societal norms stress that they are not valued for their capacity as caregivers, even if ...
Self-forgiveness is more than self-comfort − a philosopher explains
Rather, as philosopher Robin Dillon pointed out, self-forgiveness suggests that someone is no longer being consumed or overwhelmed by those negative feelings. In short, it is possible to forgive ...
Trump and Harris vocabularies signal their different frames of mind
The contrast between them was particularly sharp during their debate on Sept. 10, 2024. Advertisement Article continues below this ad One candidate made appeals to the past, used more negative words ...
Arundhati Roy's first memoir, 'Mother Mary Comes to Me,' to be published in September 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy's first memoir is coming out next fall, a book inspired by the death of her ...
From the archives: Eye-popping Times Union images from the Adirondack Balloon Festival
The annual event (weather permitting) passes the half-century mark with this weekend's flights over Queensbury.
Takeaways from AP's report on churches starting schools in voucher states
“The problem isn’t churches starting schools. The problem is taxpayer funding for these schools, or any private schools,” ...
Vouchers ease start-up stress for churches seeing demand for more Christian schools
The state has an expansive voucher program in which taxpayers help to pay tuition for all families who want to send their ...