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Inequality and Deaths of Despair in Canada
This multi-author study originating out of the University of Alberta School of Public Health provides further evidence of a link between economic…
May 27, 2025
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Ezekiel Luther Wright
A Qualitative Study of Deaths of Despair in England
Building upon the research of Case and Deaton (2015) around "deaths of despair" (suicide, drug overdoses, and alcohol-specific causes) comes this…
May 27, 2025
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Ezekiel Luther Wright
Climate Change and the Decision to Have Kids
NPR’s Short Wave podcast looks at concern for climate change and how its impacting the decision to have children among millennials and zoomers.
May 27, 2025
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Ezekiel Luther Wright
The Grass Is Always Greener
A survey last month of 1,000 Americans found white-collar workers worried about AI and pining for the trades while blue-collar workers seek to climb the…
May 27, 2025
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Ezekiel Luther Wright
“What Have You Got to Lose?”
As Americans withdrew in 2020 from public spaces due to social distancing measures, lockdowns, and work-from-home orders, attitudes toward government…
May 27, 2025
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Ezekiel Luther Wright
Becoming Lost
Nomadland, 2020’s Academy Award winner for best picture, is the story of a middle-aged woman who sells her belongings and hits the road after her…
May 27, 2025
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Ezekiel Luther Wright
January 2024
Hurtling Toward A Second Trump Term
Setting expectations on the eve of the Iowa caucuses
Jan 14, 2024
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Ezekiel Luther Wright
December 2023
A Theory of Political Alienation
People are strange when you’re a stranger; faces look ugly when you’re alone
Dec 17, 2023
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Ezekiel Luther Wright
The Deep Story
Alienation is the symptom; capitalism is the cause
Dec 6, 2023
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Ezekiel Luther Wright
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