The smartphone in Saudi Arabia: between women’s empowerment and surveillance

In Saudi Arabia, smartphones offer women new avenues of empowerment, even as they remain tools of surveillance in a society ...
The New York Times

We Don’t Have to Give In to the Smartphones

Dr. Haidt is a social psychologist at New York University’s Stern School of Business. Mr. Johnson is the chief executive of the Harris Poll. Mr. Rausch is a senior research scientist at the Stern ...
Oregonian

Opinion: Ban smartphones in Oregon schools to help students learn

Cooney Horvath, Ph.D, MEd, is a neuroscientist, author and director of LME Global. He lives in Portland. Davis is founder and CEO of Better Screen Time. She lives in Hood River. As the Oregon ...
The New York Times

The U.K. Government Wouldn’t Ban Phones in Schools. These Parents Stepped Up.

In Britain, amid growing evidence of harm to young people from extreme content online, a “Smartphone Free Childhood” campaign is going viral. By Megan Specia Reporting from Suffolk, England, and ...
National Catholic Register

Catholic Families Pledge to Hit the Brakes on Smartphones

Most Catholic schools already restrict their students’ use of phones while on campus; even among public schools, at least 10 ...