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Trump and Biden ads on Facebook and Instagram focus on rallying the base

  • Written by Jennifer Stromer-Galley, Professor of Information Studies, Syracuse University
imageOnline political advertising is mostly attempting to mobilize candidates' existing supporters.AP Photo/Steve Ruark

The campaigns of Donald Trump and Joe Biden together spent US$65.8 million on social media advertising between June 1 and Sept. 13, according to Syracuse University’s Illuminating 2020 project. The project, which I am part of,...

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Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis: What lies ahead could include a constitutional crisis over succession

  • Written by Stephanie Newbold, Associate Professor, Public Affairs and Administration, Rutgers University Newark
imagePresident Donald Trump walks off Marine One at Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, on October 2, 2020 as White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows watches.Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

Since Donald Trump was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for COVID-19 treatment on Oct. 2, there have been conflicting...

Read more: Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis: What lies ahead could include a constitutional crisis over succession

Trump is taking the latest in COVID-19 treatments – here's what doctors know works against the virus

  • Written by William Petri, Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia
imageBoth President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for COVID-19.MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images

With 74-year-old President Trump and 50-year-old first lady Melania Trump testing positive for the coronavirus, what are the best proven treatments for them and other patients?

We are both physician-scientists at the University...

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A brief history of presidents disclosing – or trying to hide – health problems

  • Written by David E. Clementson, Assistant Professor in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia
imageWhite House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows speaks to reporters about President Trump's positive coronavirus test outside the White House on Oct. 2, 2020. Drew Angerer/Getty

President Donald Trump went directly to the public and announced via Twitter early on Oct. 2 that “Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our...

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Older people like President Trump are at more risk from COVID-19 because of how the immune system ages

  • Written by Brian Geiss, Associate Professor of Microbiology, Immunology & Pathology, Colorado State University
imageMasking up is one way to cut down on risk of COVID-19 infection.Alex Brandon/Getty Images News via Getty Images

President Donald Trump’s announcement that he’s tested positive for COVID-19 is especially concerning because of his age. At 74 years old, Trump is solidly within an age group that’s been hit hard during the coronavirus...

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What is COVAX and why does it matter for getting vaccines to developing nations?

  • Written by Nicole Hassoun, Professor of Philosophy, Binghamton University, State University of New York
imageHow will vaccines be equitably distributed?Andrew Brookes/Getty Images

There is a global effort to distribute vaccines to poorer countries, but some of the world’s largest countries, including the U.S.,Russia and China, do not intend to support the effort.

That lack of backing could have devastating consequences for accessing a COVID-19...

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In 'The Good Lord Bird,' a new version of John Brown rides in at a crucial moment in US history

  • Written by William Nash, Professor of American Studies and English and American Literatures, Middlebury

Was abolitionist John Brown a psychopath, a sinner or a saint?

The answer depends on whom you ask, and when.

The long-awaited premiere of Showtime’s “The Good Lord Bird,” based on James McBride’snovel of the same name, comes at a time when evolving popular perceptions of Brown have once again gotten people thinking and...

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Cutting the debate mic won't stop Trump from short-circuiting the democratic process

  • Written by Karrin Vasby Anderson, Professor of Communication Studies, Colorado State University
imageWhen a debate becomes just a fight.wildpixel/iStock/Getty Images Plus

In the wake of the chaotic first presidential debate, commentators have called for rule changes in hopes of making the remaining debates more useful for the public – namely, to give the moderator the power to silence candidates’ microphones.

After the nonpartisan...

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California wildfires pass 4 million acres burned, doubling previous record – that's a lot of toxic smoke

  • Written by Joshua S. Fu, John D. Tickle Professor of Engineering and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Tennessee
imageWildfire smoke turned the San Francisco sky orange in the middle of the day in early September.Ray Chavez/Medianews Group/The Mercury News via Getty Images

When you breathe in smoke from a wildfire, you’re probably inhaling more toxic chemicals than you realize.

Pollution from power plants and vehicles, pesticides, fertilizers and chemicals in...

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Evolution on the smallest of scales smooths out the patchwork patterns of where plants and animals live

  • Written by Mark C. Urban, Director, Center of Biological Risk; Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut
imageIn the Pacific Northwest, even though there are huge variations in environment, the Douglas fir grows everywhere.NASA/NOAA

The Douglas fir is a tall iconic pine tree in Western North America forming a forest that winds unbroken from the Western spine of British Columbia all the way to the Mexican cordillera. The environmental conditions of Canada...

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