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Rural health care is in crisis – here are 5 innovative ways Biden can help it transform

  • Written by Lauren Hughes, State Policy Director, Farley Health Policy Center; Associate Professor of Family Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
imageCOVID-19 has overwhelmed many rural hospitals in the past few months, including this one in North Dakota.Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Rural hospitals have struggled with financial troubles for years. Over the past decade, more than 130 have closed, forcing residents to drive farther or delay needed care. Now, the COVID-19...

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Your corner pharmacy – joining the front lines of the COVID-19 fight

  • Written by Sarah Lynch, Director of Skills Education and Clinical Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Binghamton University, State University of New York
imageA pharmacy manager at CVS Health in Massachusetts prepares to administer vaccines at a veterans center.Associated Press

The new year has brought the deadliest weeks of the U.S. COVID-19 epidemic thus far, with thousands of deaths every day. It’s been several weeks since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued the first of two emergency...

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How history textbooks will deal with the US Capitol attack

  • Written by Wendy Wall, Associate Professor of 20th Century American History, Binghamton University, State University of New York
imageRioters clash with police as they try to enter the Capitol building. Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images

Editor’s note: The Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol represented an event unlike any other in American history. But how will it be portrayed in history textbooks used in America’s K-12 schools and colleges? Here,...

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Strange costumes of Capitol rioters echo the early days of the Ku Klux Klan - before the white sheets

  • Written by Kenneth Ladenburg, Instructor of English, Arizona State University
imageFringe groups have long understood that capturing the public's attention is the best way to spread their views.Karwai Tang/WireImage via Getty Images

After the riots at the Capitol, images of Jacob Chansley, who’s been dubbed the “QAnon Shaman,” were splashed across news outlets.

Chansley’s outlandish costume –...

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Why does it take longer to fly from east to west on an airplane?

  • Written by Skip Bailey, Aviation Institute Flight Training Coordinator and Instructor, University of Nebraska Omaha
imageThe jet stream can have a big impact on how long a plane ride will last.Aeroprints via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SAimage

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com.

Why does it take longer to fly from east to west on an airplane? – Henry...

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What does the economy need now? 4 suggestions for Biden's coronavirus relief bill

  • Written by Steven Pressman, Professor of Economics, Colorado State University
imageBiden has made fixing the economy one of his top priorities. AP Photo/Evan Vucci

Editor’s note: The Biden administration has made it clear it wants to inject more money into the U.S. economy and provide more aid for priorities like vaccines, reopening schools and state governments. We asked four economists to share what’s on the top of...

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Far-right groups move to messaging apps as tech companies crack down on extremist social media

  • Written by Kevin Grisham, Professor of Global Studies, California State University San Bernardino
imageFar-right groups like the Proud Boys, seen here marching in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 12, are increasingly organizing their activities on messaging services like Telegram.Stephanie Keith/Getty Images

Right-wing extremists called for open revolt against the U.S. government for months on social media following the election in November. Behind the...

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'The US is falling apart': How Russian media is portraying the US Capitol siege

  • Written by Lena Surzhko Harned, Assistant Teaching Professor of Political Science, Penn State
imageA news host reports on former President Donald Trump during a broadcast on RT, formerly known as Russia Today, a state-funded TV network.Misha Friedman/Getty Images

The storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, which was Christmas Eve for Eastern Orthodox Christians, was a perfect holiday gift for Russian politicians and state-controlled Russian...

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A healthy microbiome builds a strong immune system that could help defeat COVID-19

  • Written by Ana Maldonado-Contreras, Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Physiological Systems, University of Massachusetts Medical School
imageThe microbes living in the gut are key to good health.Dr_Microbe/iStock/Getty Images Plus

You may not know it, but you have an army of microbes living inside of you that are essential for fighting off threats, including the virus that causes COVID-19.

In the past two decades scientists have learned our bodies are home to more bacterial cells than...

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  1. Why the US rejoining the Paris climate accord matters at home and abroad — 5 scholars explain
  2. Will Merrick Garland, Joe Biden's pick for attorney general, be independent in that role? History says it's unlikely
  3. Huge numbers of the formerly incarcerated are unemployed, but there are some promising solutions
  4. The NRA declares bankruptcy: 5 questions answered
  5. 'Early warning' systems in schools can be dangerous in the hands of law enforcement
  6. Kratom: What science is discovering about the risks and benefits of a controversial herb
  7. Sen. Ossoff was sworn in on pioneering Atlanta rabbi's Bible – a nod to historic role of American Jews in civil rights struggle
  8. US could face a simmering, chronic domestic terror problem, warn security experts
  9. 5 ways Biden can help rural America thrive and bridge the rural-urban divide
  10. Voters are starting to act like hard-core sports fans – with dangerous repercussions for democracy
  11. Trump revived Andrew Jackson's spoils system, which would undo America's 138-year-old professional civil service
  12. Invasive tawny crazy ants have an intense craving for calcium – with implications for their spread in the US
  13. How engineering can contribute to a reimagining of the US public health system
  14. St. Matthew's Cathedral, where Biden attended pre-inauguration Mass, has long been a place where politics and faith meet
  15. From Biden's giant Bible to Christian flags waved by rioters, 'religion' means different things to different people and different eras
  16. Joe Biden's inaugural address gives hope to the millions who stutter
  17. Trump’s big gamble to gut US power plant emissions rules loses in court, opening a door for new climate rules
  18. I'm a First Amendment scholar – and I think Big Tech should be left alone
  19. Biden is inheriting a wrecked economy, but Democrats have a record of avoiding recession and reducing unemployment
  20. They don't come as pills, but try these 6 underprescribed lifestyle medicines for a better, longer life
  21. How law enforcement is using technology to track down people who attacked the US Capitol building
  22. Stickiness is a weapon some plants use to fend off hungry insects
  23. Police, soldiers bring lethal skill to militia campaigns against US government
  24. Armed groups from Capitol riot pose longer-term threat to Biden presidency
  25. Janet Yellen confirmed as first female US Treasury secretary – here’s what she can do about climate change
  26. What Janet Yellen can do about climate change as US Treasury secretary
  27. Big Tech's swift reaction to Capitol rioters reveals new face of corporate political power – and a threat to American democracy
  28. Why do presidential inaugurations matter?
  29. What does the vice president do?
  30. Is COVID-19 infecting wild animals? We're testing species from bats to seals to find out
  31. Trump sees power as private property – a habit shared by autocrats throughout the ages
  32. Tooth or consequences: Even during a pandemic, avoiding the dentist can be bad for your oral health
  33. For these students, using data in sports is about more than winning games
  34. My research helped uncover a long-lost right-wing provocateur – but then I turned away from her work
  35. Biden can transform the US from a humanitarian laggard into a global leader – here's how
  36. Cheaper solar power means low-income families can also benefit – with the right kind of help
  37. Zoom work relationships are a lot harder to build – unless you can pick up on colleagues' nonverbal cues
  38. Figs show that nonnative species can invade ecosystems by forming unexpected partnerships
  39. Biden has a congressional shortcut to cancel Trump’s regulatory rollbacks, but it comes with risks
  40. How to stay safe with a fast-spreading new coronavirus variant on the loose
  41. More health inequality: Black people are 3 times more likely to experience pulse oximeter errors
  42. Trump supporters seeking more violence could target state capitols during inauguration – here's how cities can prepare
  43. A white supremacist coup succeeded in 1898 North Carolina, led by lying politicians and racist newspapers that amplified their lies
  44. What is the 'boogaloo' and who are the rioters who stormed the Capitol? 5 essential reads
  45. Does 'deplatforming' work to curb hate speech and calls for violence? 3 experts in online communications weigh in
  46. How the Ebenezer Baptist Church has been a seat of Black power for generations in Atlanta
  47. Neighborhoods with MLK streets are poorer than national average and highly segregated, study reveals
  48. Why the news media may not want to share Capitol riot images with the police
  49. Symbols of white supremacy flew proudly at the Capitol riot – 5 essential reads
  50. White supremacists who stormed US Capitol are only the most visible product of racism