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As the coronavirus rages in prisons, ethical issues of crime and punishment become more compelling

  • Written by Austin Sarat, Associate Provost and Associate Dean of the Faculty and Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
imageA 1970 image of prisoners in cell blocks at Rikers Island Prison.Bettmann / Contributor/Bettmann via Getty Images

Across the United States, prisons and jails have become hot spots for COVID-19. Governments at the state and federal level are being pressed to release inmates before the end of their sentence in order to minimize the spread of the...

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Twitter posts show that people are profoundly sad – and are visiting parks to cheer up

  • Written by Joe Roman, Fellow, Gund Institute for Environment, University of Vermont
imageCentral Park, New York City, on Memorial Day weekend, May 24, 2020. Ira L. Black/Corbis via Getty Images

The COVID-19 pandemic in the United States is the deepest and longest period of malaise in a dozen years. Our colleagues at the University of Vermont have concluded this by analyzing posts on Twitter. The Vermont Complex Systems Center studies...

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Jim Thompson is the perfect novelist for our crazed times

  • Written by Susanna Lee, Professor of French and Comparative Literature, Georgetown University

Crime fiction often thrives in periods of social and political tension, when readers long for both justice and stability. So it’s no wonder that as the pandemic took root, crime fiction salesrose.

As I explain in my new book, “Detectives in the Shadows,” many of the protagonists of hard-boiled crime fiction, from Philip Marlowe to...

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In Confederate statue debates, common values can bring meaningful resolution

  • Written by Michael Zirulnik, Instructional Professional of Communication, Arizona State University; Research Instructor of Bioethics and Medical Humanism, University of Arizona
imageWorkers remove the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Richmond, Virginia on July 8, 2020.AP Photo/Steve Helber

The U.S. is engaged in a national debate about how to deal with monuments to Confederate leaders, enslavers and other historical figures with complex, and often racist, histories.

As a scholar and practitioner of organizational...

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Will the GOP let Congress send money to states and cities reeling from the pandemic? 4 essential reads on the economic crisis

  • Written by Naomi Schalit, Senior Editor, Politics + Society, The Conversation US
imageThe pandemic has caused an economic emergency in states and cities. Viaframe/Getty

As Congress wrangles over a new coronavirus relief bill, it’s not only unemployed Americans who are facing financial disaster in the absence of new federal aid.

States and cities are, too.

Since early April, The Conversation has featured a series of stories on...

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Young Black Americans not sold on Biden, the Democrats or voting

  • Written by David C. Barker, Professor of Government and Director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies, American University School of Public Affairs
imageWill young, Black Americans turn out to vote in November?Probal Rashid/LightRocket via Getty Images

Most political analysts define “swing voters” as those who swing their support from one party to the other between election cycles – determining winners and losers in the process.

According to this conventional wisdom, the...

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Buddhist monks have reversed roles in Thailand – now they are the ones donating goods to others

  • Written by Brooke Schedneck, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Rhodes College
image Buddhist monks pass packs of water after their devotees donated water to a temple in Bangkok.AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit

The offering of food and material goods to monks is an essential part of the daily practice of Buddhism in Thailand. The belief is that through the act of giving, lay Buddhists – followers of the faith who have not been...

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Don't want federal agents in your city or town? Then protect federal property

  • Written by Frank V. Zerunyan, Professor of the Practice of Governance, University of Southern California
imageDuring a protest, federal police officials stand inside a fence at the federal courthouse in Portland, Oregon, July 25, 2020. (Photo by Ankur Dholakia / AFP via Getty Images

I recently visited Portland, Oregon, and saw the destruction around the federal courthouse there – walls defaced with graffiti, fences vandalized, and the remains of...

Read more: Don't want federal agents in your city or town? Then protect federal property

Video: What the huge COVID-19 testing undercount in the US means

  • Written by Melissa Hawkins, Professor of Public Health, Director of Public Health Scholars Program, American University
imageHealth care workers use a nasal swab to test a person for COVID-19 in Pembroke Park, Florida.Joe Raedle / Getty Images News

Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other institutions recently published a study which estimated that the true number of people infected by COVID-19 could be six to 24 times higher than the...

Read more: Video: What the huge COVID-19 testing undercount in the US means

Pompeo's plan for a hierarchy of human rights could serve to undermine them all – including religious freedom

  • Written by Shelley Inglis, Executive Director, University of Dayton Human Rights Center, University of Dayton
imageCritics have accused Mike Pompeo of sculpting policy out of his religious beliefs.Leah Millis/AFP via Getty Images

In pushing for religion to be given more prominence in U.S. foreign policy concerns, could Secretary of State Mike Pompeo be acting in bad faith?

That’s what many human rights groups believe. In a letter dated July 30, a coalition...

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  15. What literature can tell us about people's struggle with their faith during a pandemic
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  31. How California’s COVID-19 surge widens health inequalities for Black, Latino and low-income residents
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