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President-elect Biden's new COVID-19 task force gives the US a fresh chance to turn around a public health disaster

  • Written by Catherine Lynne Troisi, Associate Professor of Management, Policy, and Community Health and Epidemiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
imageBiden and Harris meet with their COVID-19 advisers virtually on Nov. 9.AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster

A change in administration in January will bring a new pandemic strategy for the United States. President-elect Joe Biden has announced his transition COVID-19 advisory council, and there are high expectations that its recommendations to combat the...

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Once a symbol of desegregation, Ruby Bridges' school now reflects another battle engulfing public education

  • Written by Connie L. Schaffer, Associate Professor of Teacher Education, University of Nebraska Omaha
imageUS deputy marshals escort 6-year-old Ruby Bridges outside William Frantz Public School in New Orleans in 1960.AP Photo

On Nov. 14, 1960, after a long summer and autumn of volleys between the Louisiana Legislature and the federal courts, Ruby Bridges, a 6-year-old Black girl, was allowed to enroll in an all-white school. Accompanied by federal...

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An AI tool can distinguish between a conspiracy theory and a true conspiracy – it comes down to how easily the story falls apart

  • Written by Timothy R. Tangherlini, Professor of Danish Literature and Culture, University of California, Berkeley
imageIn the age of social media, conspiracy theories are collective creations.AP Photo/Ted S. Warren

The audio on the otherwise shaky body camera footage is unusually clear. As police officers search a handcuffed man who moments before had fired a shot inside a pizza parlor, an officer asks him why he was there. The man says to investigate a pedophile...

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Ingredients in flu vaccine won't hurt you – two pharmacists explain why

  • Written by Terri Levien, Professor of pharmacy, Washington State University
imageA man in San Pablo, California, gets a flu shot at a drive-through flu shot clinic Nov. 6, 2014.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Misunderstandings about flu vaccines have existed for decades, leading to vaccine mistrust and lower-than-ideal vaccination rates. Now that a coronavirus vaccine appears to be close, experts are concerned that the lack of...

Read more: Ingredients in flu vaccine won't hurt you – two pharmacists explain why

Preserving cultural and historic treasures in a changing climate may mean transforming them

  • Written by Erin Seekamp, Professor of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management, North Carolina State University

With global travel curtailed during the COVID-19 pandemic, many people are finding comfort in planning future trips. But imagine that you finally arrive in Venice and the “floating city” is flooded. Would you stay anyway, walking through St. Mark’s Square on makeshift catwalks or elevated wooden passages – even if you...

Read more: Preserving cultural and historic treasures in a changing climate may mean transforming them

Amy Coney Barrett sizes up 30-year-old precedent balancing religious freedom with rule of law

  • Written by Mark Satta, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Wayne State University
imageAn early case will test Justice Barrett's credentials as a favorite of religious conservatives.Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images

Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s first week as an active Supreme Court justice began on Nov. 2 and almost immediately included a case that could test her credentials as a religious conservative.

On the surface, Fulton v. City...

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What's next for American evangelicals after Trump leaves office?

  • Written by Stewart Clem, Assistant Professor of Moral Theology, Aquinas Institute of Theology
imageMany evangelical voters believe they found a protector in chief in Donald Trump. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Donald Trump, by his own words and actions, does not appear to be the most religious person.

He has claimed he doesn’t seek forgiveness from God, and he once tried to put money in a Communion plate. Apart from his controversial photo op whil...

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Segregation policies in federal government in early 20th century harmed Blacks for decades

  • Written by Guo Xu, Assistant Professor of Business and Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley
imageA 1938 stamp honoring former President Woodrow Wilson, considered one of America's most progressive presidents.iStock / Getty Images Plus

Economic disparities in earnings, health and wealth between Black and white Americans are staggeringly large. Historical government practices and institutions – such as segregated schools, redlined...

Read more: Segregation policies in federal government in early 20th century harmed Blacks for decades

While the Supreme Court deliberates on the Affordable Care Act, Congress and the White House may act

  • Written by Zack Buck, Associate Professor of Law, University of Tennessee
imageDemonstrators hold up pro-Affordable Care Act signs outside the U.S. Supreme Court as it hears oral arguments that challenge the Affordable Care Act in Washington on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020. Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

For the third time in a decade, the U.S. Supreme Court has heard oral arguments on the constitutionality of...

Read more: While the Supreme Court deliberates on the Affordable Care Act, Congress and the White House may act

New Yorkers knew Donald Trump first – and they spurned him before many American voters did

  • Written by Lincoln Mitchell, Associate Adjunct Research Scholar, Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, Columbia University
imageEvery single voting district in Manhattan, where Trump lives, went for Joe Biden. Times Square, Nov. 7, 2020.Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images

Donald J. Trump was a president from, but not of, New York.

In the final months of his presidency, Trump attacked New York as a lawless “ghost town,” and got attacked right...

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  1. Smart concrete could pave the way for high-tech, cost-effective roads
  2. When scientific journals take sides during an election, the public's trust in science takes a hit
  3. 60 years after JFK, Biden as second Catholic president offers a refresh in church's political role
  4. The many stories of Diwali share a common theme of triumph of justice
  5. On environmental protection, Biden's election will mean a 180-degree turn from Trump policies
  6. When a child chooses a donor to sponsor them, it's a new twist on a surprisingly old model of international charity
  7. Tweets reveal Trump’s and Biden’s competing views of masculinity – what that will mean for presidential leadership
  8. The Matrix is already here: Social media promised to connect us, but left us isolated, scared and tribal
  9. Americans don't eat enough fish and miss out on robust health benefits
  10. We’ll see more fire seasons like 2020 - here’s a strategy for managing our nation’s flammable landscapes
  11. In its troubled hour, polling could use an irreverent figure to reset expectations
  12. In appealing to 'give each other a chance,' Biden recalls the democratic charity of Abraham Lincoln
  13. Biden's climate change plans can quickly raise the bar, but can they be transformative?
  14. Buying a coronavirus vaccine for everyone on Earth, storing and shipping it, and giving it safely will all be hard and expensive
  15. Oil field operations likely triggered earthquakes in California a few miles from the San Andreas Fault
  16. How you can help veterans every day
  17. Conservatives backed the ideas behind Obamacare, so how did they come to hate it?
  18. How to host a safe holiday meal during coronavirus – an epidemiologist explains her personal plans
  19. Russia's rigged elections look nothing like the US election – they have immediate, unquestioned results there
  20. Why we didn't get a vaccine by Election Day – but why we may get one soon
  21. Who are patron saints and why do Catholics venerate them?
  22. Flaws emerge in modeling human genetic diseases in animals
  23. What the California vote to keep the ban on affirmative action means for higher education
  24. Choosing health insurance is so complicated, 23% of workers with only two choices picked the worse one
  25. How children with lethal cancers and other incurable illnesses have benefited from the Affordable Care Act – and why they'll suffer if the Supreme Court overturns it
  26. Before Kamala Harris, many Black women aimed for the White House
  27. Exoplanets are still out there -- a new model tells astronomers where to look for more using 4 simple variables
  28. Conservatives value personal stories more than liberals do when evaluating scientific evidence
  29. Farmers are depleting the Ogallala Aquifer because the government pays them to do it
  30. So-called 'Latino vote' is 32 million Americans with diverse political opinions and national origins
  31. The complicated origin of the expression 'peanut gallery'
  32. Why Republicans and others concerned about the economy have reason to celebrate Biden in the White House
  33. Georgia's political shift – a tale of urban and suburban change
  34. Biden wins – experts on what it means for race relations, US foreign policy and the Supreme Court
  35. How votes are counted in Pennsylvania: Changing numbers are a sign of transparency, not fraud, during an ongoing process
  36. Has Donald Trump had his Joe McCarthy moment?
  37. Is democracy sacred?
  38. Job policies that offer generous unemployment benefits create more happiness – for everyone
  39. A skin-eating fungus from Europe could decimate Appalachia's salamanders – but researchers are working to prevent an outbreak
  40. Keep calm and carry on – but how? A psychologist offers 10 tips to manage the uncertainty and stress of election aftermath
  41. COVID-19 reveals how obesity harms the body in real time, not just over a lifetime
  42. Delinquent electric bills from the pandemic are coming due – who will pay them?
  43. How Reagan's notions of a 'good society' resonate with Trump supporters today
  44. Remote education is rife with threats to student privacy
  45. 5 types of misinformation to watch out for while ballots are being counted – and after
  46. Congress could select the president in a disputed election
  47. Trump's Pennsylvania lawsuits invoke Bush v. Gore – but the Supreme Court probably won't decide the 2020 election
  48. 3 scholars explain Senate results in South Carolina, Iowa and Arizona - and what they say about voters
  49. A disputed election delivered 3 governors to Georgia – at the same time
  50. Post-election grief is real, and here are 5 coping strategies – including getting back into politics