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COVID-19 closures could hit historically black colleges particularly hard

  • Written by Ivory A. Toldson, Professor of Counseling Psychology, Howard University
Tight finances have long beset HBCUs.Andre Chung/The Washington Post via Getty Image

As the COVID-19 crisis forces many schools to close their campuses and move all courses online, some worry that the pandemic could have a bigger negative impact on the nation’s historically black colleges and universities, than for other campuses. Here, The...

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Should Congress demand America's youth give a year of service to their country?

  • Written by Amy Rutenberg, Assistant Professor of History, Iowa State University
Teenage recruits at the experimental Universal Military Training camp at Fort Knox in 1947Keystone Features/Getty Images

What does it mean to serve the United States, and who should be required to do so?

On March 25, 2020, after three years of investigation, the National Commission for Military, National, and Public Serviceis expected to make its...

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Coronavirus restrictions could lead to remote voting for Congress

  • Written by Stanley M. Brand, Distinguished Fellow in Law and Government, Pennsylvania State University
Together no more: remote voting for Congress could be the outcome of public health restrictions on gatherings.House of Representatives

The spread of the coronavirus has created unprecedented problems for Congress as it confronts how to conduct legislative business after the infection of several members.

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., told Politico,...

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Tagging data show that blue sharks are true globalists

  • Written by Jasmin Graham, Ph.D. Candidate in Marine Science, Florida State University
A blue shark in the Channel Islands off California.NOAA SWFSC/FlickrCC BY-ND

Blue sharks are among the widest-ranging shark species in the oceans. We know this partly because from 1962 to 2013, 117,962 blue sharks were tagged as part of the ongoing Cooperative Shark Tagging Program.

This partnership between the commercial fishing industry, the U.S....

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It's wrong to blame bats for the coronavirus epidemic

  • Written by Peter Alagona, Associate Professor of History, Geography and Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
A small colony of Townsend's big eared bats at Lava Beds National Monument, Calif.Shawn Thomas, NPS/Flickr

Genomic research showing that the COVID-19 coronavirus likely originated in bats has produced heavy media coverage and widespread concern. There is now danger that frightened people and misguided officials will try to curb the epidemic by culli...

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Why defeating coronavirus in one country isn't enough – there needs to be a coordinated global strategy

  • Written by Nader Habibi, Henry J. Leir Professor of Practice in Economics of the Middle East, Brandeis University
The UN Security Council has yet to hold a meeting on coronavirus.The World in HDR/Shutterstock.com

Policymakers in countries where there are severe outbreaks of COVID-19 are doing what they can to slow the spread and “flatten the curve.” But so far, there hasn’t been much global coordination, raising the risk of a second wave of...

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Workplace age discrimination could become even harder to prove in court

  • Written by Catherine Harnois, Professor of Sociology, Wake Forest University
Over 15,000 workers filed age discrimination claims in 2019.Aleutie/Shutterstock.com

Age discrimination remains one of the greatest vulnerabilities that American workers face.

A 2018 AARP study of adults age 45 and older found that more than 60% said they had seen age discrimination in their workplace or experienced it themselves.

While most...

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Just as in coronavirus, young people are key to stopping tuberculosis

  • Written by Leslie A. Enane, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine
World TB Day awareness rally and skit featuring young people on March 24, 2018 in Mumbai, India. Bachchan Kumar/Hindustan Times via Getty Images

The world is experiencing a historic pandemic of a novel coronavirus that has completely altered our daily lives and the entire world economy. Younger people experience more mild or moderate infections,...

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Religious communities are offering baptism by Zoom – such innovation has deep historical roots

  • Written by Samuel L. Boyd, Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Boulder
In the German town Winterbach, Catholic Church services are being streamed through YouTube. Sebastian Gollnow/picture alliance via Getty Images

The coronavirus pandemic is forcing entire countries to rethink deeply-held social norms. Faith leaders are coming up with new ways to reach their communities, with many turning to online platforms to...

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Religious communities are offering baptism by Zoom - such innovation has deep historical roots

  • Written by Samuel L. Boyd, Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Boulder
In the German town Winterbach, Catholic Church services are being streamed through YouTube. Sebastian Gollnow/picture alliance via Getty Images

The coronavirus pandemic is forcing entire countries to rethink deeply-held social norms. Faith leaders are coming up with new ways to reach their communities, with many turning to online platforms to...

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