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Meisha Porter is the first Black woman chancellor of NYC schools – here are the challenges she will face

  • Written by Stanley S. Litow, Visting Professor of the Pratice, Public Policy, Duke University
imageNew York City schools chancellor Meisha Porter speaks at a press conference.Photographer/Mayoral Photography Office, CC BY-NC-ND

Meisha Porter on March 15 became the first Black woman selected as chancellor of the New York City public school system. Here, Stanley S. Litow, former deputy chancellor of the city’s school system, explains the...

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Unequal treatment for college women's basketball players has deep historical roots

  • Written by Lindsey Darvin, Assistant Professor of Sport Management, State University of New York College at Cortland
imageFight for equity in women's college sports has been a decadeslong battle.Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images

When college women basketball players began to post photos and videos of how they got less food, less accurate COVID-19 testing and less exercise equipment in the NCAA March Madness Tournament bubbles than their male counterparts, a sense of...

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How to improve public health, the environment and racial equity all at once: Upgrade low-income housing

  • Written by Jonathan Levy, Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Health, Boston University
imageResidents of the Jacob Riis Settlement in New York City hold photographs of leaks, mold, peeling paint and other issues during a community town hall meeting on March 7, 2019. AP Photo/Kathy Willens

During a presidential election debate on Oct. 22, 2020, former President Donald Trump railed against Democratic proposals to retrofit homes. “They...

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Living with a disability is very expensive – even with government assistance

  • Written by Zachary Morris, Assistant Professor of Social Welfare, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
imagePeople with disabilities may need larger cars or specially modified ones to be able to get themselves around.Maskot/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Edward Mitchell is 34 years old and lives in Jackson, Tennessee, with a spinal cord injury caused by a hit-and-run accident that happened when he was 17. He has plenty of expenses that all Americans...

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Purity culture and the subjugation of women: Southern Baptist beliefs on sex and gender provide context to spa suspect's 'motive'

  • Written by Susan M. Shaw, Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Oregon State University
imageSouthern Baptist purity culture teaches that women are to blame for men's sexual urges.AP Photo/Mike Stewart

Even before a member of a Southern Baptist church was accused of the Georgia spa massacre, motivated, he told police, by guilt over a “sex addiction,” the Southern Baptist Convention was under scrutiny over its teachings on...

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People gave up on flu pandemic measures a century ago when they tired of them – and paid a price

  • Written by J. Alexander Navarro, Assistant Director of the Center for the History of Medicine, University of Michigan
imageArmistice Day celebrations on Nov. 11, 1918, worried public health experts as people crowded together in cities across the U.S.AP Photo

Picture the United States struggling to deal with a deadly pandemic.

State and local officials enact a slate of social-distancing measures, gathering bans, closure orders and mask mandates in an effort to stem the...

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Privacy may be under threat, but its protection alone isn’t enough to preserve civil liberties

  • Written by Firmin DeBrabander, Professor of Philosophy, Maryland Institute College of Art
imageDemonstrators shine their cellphones during a protest in St. Louis in 2020.Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images

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While the battle over privacy is everywhere in American life, it’s actually a relatively new concept that didn’t become grounded in law until over a...

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Chivalry is not about opening doors, but protecting society's most vulnerable from attack

  • Written by Jennifer Wollock, Professor of English, Texas A&M University
imageThe chivalrous peasant teenager Joan of Arc is a hero of French independence.De Agostini/G. Dagli Orti via Getty Images

Modern society is in dispute over the value of chivalry. Chivalry originally referred to the medieval knight’s code of honor but today references a range of – usually male – behaviors, from courtesy to...

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Vaccination passport apps could help society reopen – first they have to be secure, private and trusted

  • Written by Laurin Weissinger, Lecturer in Cybersecurity, Tufts University
imageIn many cases, getting on a plane, attending a show or going to a store requires an app that proves you've been vaccinated.AP Photo/Amr Nabil

You might soon have an additional app on your phone: a digital vaccination passport that allows people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 to travel, enter business establishments and attend events. Not...

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How good is the AstraZeneca vaccine – and is it really safe? 5 questions answered

  • Written by Maureen Ferran, Associate Professor of Biology, Rochester Institute of Technology
imageThe AstraZeneca vaccine is already in use in many places. AP Photo/Christophe Ena

On March 22, AstraZeneca released results from its U.S. clinical trial showing that its vaccine is 79% effective and with no serious side effects. Overnight, the National Institutes of Health issued a statement, saying the board charged with ensuring the accuracy of...

Read more: How good is the AstraZeneca vaccine – and is it really safe? 5 questions answered

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  2. So-called 'good' suburban schools often require trade-offs for Latino students
  3. US has a long history of violence against Asian women
  4. Why can't the IRS just send Americans a refund – or a bill?
  5. Your brain thinks – but how?
  6. Biden immigration overhaul would reunite families split up by deportation
  7. To help insects, make them welcome in your garden – here's how
  8. Why Christianity put away its dancing shoes – only to find them again centuries later
  9. Jocks and frat boys more likely than other men in college to visit 'slut pages' and post nude images without consent
  10. Why Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month is really something to celebrate this year
  11. 'Sex addiction' isn't a justification for killing, or really an addiction – it reflects a person's own moral misgivings about sex
  12. What is a hate crime? The narrow legal definition makes it hard to charge and convict
  13. 6 tratamientos que reciben pacientes COVID para sobrevivir, de anticuerpos a remdesivir
  14. Racism is behind anti-Asian American violence, even when it's not a hate crime
  15. 4 reasons no president should want to give a press conference
  16. 'Doing nothing' is all the rage – is it a form of resistance, or just an indulgence for the lucky few?
  17. Police and civilians disagree on when body camera footage should be made public
  18. The pandemic recession has pushed a further 9.8 million Americans into food insecurity
  19. Context influences the decisions you make – whether you're a homebuyer, a juror or a physician
  20. How effective is the first shot of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine?
  21. Closed borders, travel bans and halted immigration: 5 ways COVID-19 changed how – and where – people move around the world
  22. 3 ways employers could help fight vaccine skepticism
  23. Losing cultural context in emergency communication can be a matter of life and death
  24. Jesus, Paul and the border debate – why cherry-picking Bible passages misses the immigrant experience in ancient Rome
  25. Catholic opinions on Johnson Johnson vaccine highlight debate between hardliners on abortion and others in the church
  26. Most couples still make decisions together when they give money to charity – but it's becoming less common
  27. All American presidents have made spectacles of themselves – and there’s nothing wrong with that
  28. 7 ways to avoid becoming a misinformation superspreader
  29. 4 steps to reaching Biden's goal of a July 4th with much greater freedom from COVID-19
  30. Feeding cows a few ounces of seaweed daily could sharply reduce their contribution to climate change
  31. Risk versus reward on the high seas – skinny elephant seals trade safety for sustenance
  32. Making it easier to vote does not threaten election integrity
  33. Only a handful of US foundations quickly pitched in as the COVID-19 pandemic got underway, early data indicates
  34. Why cash payments aren't always the best tool to help poor people
  35. Why lawsuits against the media may not hurt freedom of the press
  36. Wild weather: 4 essential reads about tornadoes and thunderstorms
  37. Selfish or selfless? Human nature means you're both
  38. The story of the Iranian new year, Nowruz, and why its themes of renewal and healing matter
  39. Prosecuting ex-presidents for corruption is trending worldwide – but it's not always great for democracy
  40. Patent system often stifles the innovation it was designed to encourage
  41. Sperm from older rats passes on fewer active genes to offspring because of epigenetic changes
  42. When Americans recall their roots, they open up to immigration
  43. How do mRNA vaccines work – and why do you need a second dose? 5 essential reads
  44. The African roots of Swiss design
  45. Ancient leaves preserved under a mile of Greenland's ice – and lost in a freezer for years – hold lessons about climate change
  46. US could save tens of thousands of lives and tens of billions of dollars with 3 weeks of strict COVID-19 measures
  47. After the insurrection, America's far-right groups get more extreme
  48. Is ballot collection, or 'ballot harvesting,' good for democracy? We asked 5 experts
  49. Resistance to military regime in Myanmar mounts as nurses, bankers join protests – despite bloody crackdown
  50. Federal support has shored up nonprofits during the coronavirus pandemic, but many groups are still struggling