Hacker News with Generative AI: Social Issues

A Love Letter to People Who Believe in People (swiss-miss.com)
When I was eight, I made a big, hand-drawn poster that said, “Do you want to join my fan club?” and put it up in the small Swiss town where I grew up.
Personal Essays, Community, Social Issues
346 points by NaOH 1 day ago | 100 comments
Out of the Fog (theverge.com)
Operation Babylift was an earnest attempt to save children during the fall of Saigon. Decades later, a generation of adoptees wrestles with the aftermath.
Vietnam War, Adoption, History, Social Issues, Personal Stories
149 points by wapasta 5 days ago | 34 comments
kurzgesagt: South Korea's demographic issue is killing their country [video] (youtu.be)
South Korea, Demographics, Population, Social Issues, Video
30 points by maxloh 6 days ago | 25 comments
An EdTech Tragedy (afterbabel.com)
In The Anxious Generation, we focused on the emergence of the adolescent mental health crisis that began in the early 2010s. However, since the book’s publication one year ago, we have learned even more about worrisome trends in education that closely mirror those in mental health: after decades of stability or gradual improvement, test scores in the U.S. and around the world began declining notably in the 2010s.
Education, Mental Health, Social Issues, Trends
5 points by jruohonen 7 days ago | 0 comments
Eugenics Isn't Dead–It's Thriving in Tech (motherjones.com)
Elon Musk’s calls for a so-called “efficient” US government—including wanting to end the already endangered right to work from home, a disability accommodation for many—are less surprising when you view him as a techno-eugenicist.
Technology, Ethics, Politics, Social Issues
18 points by Qem 8 days ago | 11 comments
Top Most Challenged Books of 2024 (ala.org)
CHICAGO – The American Library Association (ALA) today released the highly anticipated Top 10 Most Challenged Books List as part of the 2025 State of America’s Libraries Report that highlights the ways libraries continue to meet the needs of their communities amid challenges to intellectual freedom.
Book Censorship, Libraries, Intellectual Freedom, Social Issues
12 points by hn_acker 10 days ago | 3 comments
NY immigrants are receiving grim email: 'It is time for you to leave' (gothamist.com)
Immigration, New York, Politics, Social Issues
12 points by righthand 10 days ago | 0 comments
Pregnant Women Are Losing Access to Care, Formula and Shelter (forbes.com)
Elon Musk has long claimed civilization will collapse unless we raise the birth rate. Meanwhile, his “DOGE” group is slashing billions in funding for pregnant and nursing mothers and their children.
Pregnancy, Social Issues, Economics, Elon Musk, Politics
15 points by rendx 11 days ago | 2 comments
Homeless in Colorado may sleep in their cars if they have a job (nytimes.com)
On the side of a highway leading to some of the most coveted slopes in the world, in a parking lot covered in snow, a form of affordable housing has emerged.
Homelessness, Housing, Colorado, Social Issues, Economy
25 points by harambae 13 days ago | 7 comments
How to deal with Billionaires (currentaffairs.org)
In the United States today, it’s pretty obvious that billionaires run the show.
Politics, Economics, Social Issues
13 points by derelicta 14 days ago | 1 comments
Are porn algorithms feeding a generation of paedophiles – or creating one? (theguardian.com)
More than 850 men a month are arrested for online child abuse offences in England and Wales. They come from every walk of life: teachers, police officers, doctors, TV presenters. And the numbers are rising every year. How did this happen?
Child Abuse, Online Crime, Social Issues, Technology
43 points by sandebert 21 days ago | 64 comments
South Korea Is Over – Population Bomb [video] (youtube.com)
South Korea, Demographics, Population, Social Issues, Video
9 points by tntpreneur 21 days ago | 0 comments
American shakedown: Police won't charge you, but they'll grab your money (cbc.ca)
Across America, law enforcement officers — from federal agents to state troopers right down to sheriffs in one-street backwaters — are operating a vast, co-ordinated scheme to grab as much of the public’s cash as they can; “hand over fist,” to use the words of one police trainer.
Law Enforcement, Corruption, Social Issues, Politics, USA
17 points by croes 24 days ago | 13 comments
How Working-Class Life Is Killing Americans, in Charts (2020) (nytimes.com)
When the economists Anne Case and Angus Deaton first published their research on “deaths of despair” five years ago, they focused on middle-aged whites.
Social Issues, Health, Economics, United States
6 points by rawgabbit 26 days ago | 1 comments
UK poll: Work and money worry young people more than culture wars or climate (theguardian.com)
Young people are more worried about their finances, work pressures and job insecurity than social media, the climate crisis and culture war debates, research shows.
Generational Differences, UK Politics, Economics, Social Issues
42 points by Pamar 26 days ago | 80 comments
Homeownership is 'an investment,' lawmaker says. Fewer adults are benefitting (cnbc.com)
Real Estate, Economics, Social Issues
10 points by donsupreme 26 days ago | 0 comments
One island, two worlds (Haiti vs. Dominican Republic) (economist.com)
A year of staggering violence in Haiti ended in the most brutal fashion. Over the course of five days in December, in a slum near the capital, Port-au-Prince, 207 people were killed by gangsters.
Haiti, Dominican Republic, Violence, Social Issues, Caribbean
55 points by marojejian 27 days ago | 80 comments
Why Are Birthrates Plummeting Worldwide? [video] (youtube.com)
Demographics, Global Trends, Social Issues, Population
4 points by pfdietz 28 days ago | 0 comments
The Vanishing Male Writer (marginalrevolution.com)
It’s easy enough to trace the decline of young white men in American letters—just browse The New York Times’s “Notable Fiction” list.
Literature, Gender, Social Issues, Publishing, Demographics
7 points by delichon 34 days ago | 0 comments
Riot Dog (wikipedia.org)
A riot dog is a stray dog that accompanies street protesters.
Animals, Protests, Social Issues
4 points by softwaredoug 36 days ago | 0 comments
Boycott IETF 127 (boycott-ietf127.org)
The IETF Administration LLC has decided to continue to hold meetings in the US, in spite of significant threats to the safety of the community in traveling there. As an Internet community we strive to include everyone. Holding a meeting in the US is incompatible with our values. We call on the IETF community to refuse to travel to the 127th IETF meeting, to be held in San Francisco.
Internet Standards, Boycotts, Social Issues, Community, Travel
572 points by randompeach 36 days ago | 358 comments
For Many of America's Aging Workers, 'Retirement Is a Distant Dream' (time.com)
Walter Carpenter walks across the ski resort’s dining room on a knee that needs to be replaced and a hip that’s going bad. Lumbering into the kitchen, he deposits a brown bin of dirty dishes on a counter before heading back out to collect more bowls of half-eaten tomato soup and plates littered with sandwich crusts. “One foot in front of the other,” he jokes to kitchen prep worker Kim Hopper, 72, as they pass each other.
Retirement, Aging, Labor, Economy, Social Issues
94 points by geox 38 days ago | 57 comments
They came to Canada to chase a dream. Now they're being forced to leave (thestar.com)
Amid a year of seismic immigration changes that have turned Canada into a less welcoming and open country, many migrants have seen their journeys upended and dreams shattered.
Immigration, Canada, Policy, Social Issues, Dreams
9 points by guptadeepak 40 days ago | 1 comments
Public Housing in Hong Kong (teoalida.com)
Public Housing, Hong Kong, Social Issues, Real Estate
17 points by pkdpic 41 days ago | 2 comments
Sometimes Money Can Destroy You Faster Than Poverty (robkhenderson.com)
Poverty, Money, Social Issues
12 points by paulpauper 41 days ago | 6 comments
Canada has far too few soldiers. Here's a radical fix – mandatory service (nationalpost.com)
Canada has far too few soldiers. Here's a radical fix — mandatory service
Military, Canada, Policy, Social Issues
11 points by amichail 42 days ago | 11 comments
America's Real Criminal Element Is Lead (2013) (motherjones.com)
When Rudy Giuliani ran for mayor of New York City in 1993, he campaigned on a platform of bringing down crime and making the city safe again.
Politics, Crime, Social Issues, Public Health
8 points by scarface_74 46 days ago | 6 comments
A modest proposal for destigmatizing America's favorite bad decisions (mleverything.substack.com)
Decriminalization and destigmatization are practical approaches that aim to reduce the real-world harms of drug use by removing penalties and social barriers that prevent people from seeking help.
Drug Policy, Social Issues, Public Health, Policy
5 points by bko 47 days ago | 6 comments
The Tesla protests are getting bigger – and rowdier (theverge.com)
Anti-Musk protests are escalating across the US, and some demonstrators were arrested.
Protests, Tesla, Elon Musk, Social Issues
15 points by nickthegreek 47 days ago | 2 comments
Ask HN: Why aren’t Americans protesting on a large scale? (ycombinator.com)
Ask HN: Why aren’t Americans protesting on a large scale?
Politics, Social Issues, United States
29 points by lysace 50 days ago | 35 comments