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Racial justice giving is booming: 4 trends

  • Written by Kim Williams-Pulfer, Postdoctoral Research Appointee-Mays Family Institute on Diverse Philanthropy, IUPUI
imageThere's been an outpouring of giving in honor of Ahmaud Arbery and other victims of racial injustice.AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez

The tragic, high-profile killings of George Floyd and other Black Americans in 2020 have sparked a reckoning on race. As researchers of philanthropy, we’re keeping an eye on how this national awakening is affecting...

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Remote learning isn't new: Radio instruction in the 1937 polio epidemic

  • Written by Katherine A. Foss, Professor of Media Studies, Middle Tennessee State University

A UNICEF survey found that 94% of countries implemented some form of remote learning when COVID-19 closed schools last spring, including in the United States.

This is not the first time education has been disrupted in the U.S. – nor the first time that educators have harnessed remote learning. In 1937, the Chicago school system used radio to...

Read more: Remote learning isn't new: Radio instruction in the 1937 polio epidemic

Trump and Biden ads on Facebook and Instagram focus on rallying the base

  • Written by Jennifer Stromer-Galley, Professor of Information Studies, Syracuse University
imageOnline political advertising is mostly attempting to mobilize candidates' existing supporters.AP Photo/Steve Ruark

The campaigns of Donald Trump and Joe Biden together spent US$65.8 million on social media advertising between June 1 and Sept. 13, according to Syracuse University’s Illuminating 2020 project. The project, which I am part of,...

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Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis: What lies ahead could include a constitutional crisis over succession

  • Written by Stephanie Newbold, Associate Professor, Public Affairs and Administration, Rutgers University Newark
imagePresident Donald Trump walks off Marine One at Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, on October 2, 2020 as White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows watches.Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

Since Donald Trump was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for COVID-19 treatment on Oct. 2, there have been conflicting...

Read more: Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis: What lies ahead could include a constitutional crisis over succession

Trump is taking the latest in COVID-19 treatments – here's what doctors know works against the virus

  • Written by William Petri, Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia
imageBoth President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for COVID-19.MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images

With 74-year-old President Trump and 50-year-old first lady Melania Trump testing positive for the coronavirus, what are the best proven treatments for them and other patients?

We are both physician-scientists at the University...

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A brief history of presidents disclosing – or trying to hide – health problems

  • Written by David E. Clementson, Assistant Professor in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia
imageWhite House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows speaks to reporters about President Trump's positive coronavirus test outside the White House on Oct. 2, 2020. Drew Angerer/Getty

President Donald Trump went directly to the public and announced via Twitter early on Oct. 2 that “Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our...

Read more: A brief history of presidents disclosing – or trying to hide – health problems

Older people like President Trump are at more risk from COVID-19 because of how the immune system ages

  • Written by Brian Geiss, Associate Professor of Microbiology, Immunology & Pathology, Colorado State University
imageMasking up is one way to cut down on risk of COVID-19 infection.Alex Brandon/Getty Images News via Getty Images

President Donald Trump’s announcement that he’s tested positive for COVID-19 is especially concerning because of his age. At 74 years old, Trump is solidly within an age group that’s been hit hard during the coronavirus...

Read more: Older people like President Trump are at more risk from COVID-19 because of how the immune system...

What is COVAX and why does it matter for getting vaccines to developing nations?

  • Written by Nicole Hassoun, Professor of Philosophy, Binghamton University, State University of New York
imageHow will vaccines be equitably distributed?Andrew Brookes/Getty Images

There is a global effort to distribute vaccines to poorer countries, but some of the world’s largest countries, including the U.S.,Russia and China, do not intend to support the effort.

That lack of backing could have devastating consequences for accessing a COVID-19...

Read more: What is COVAX and why does it matter for getting vaccines to developing nations?

In 'The Good Lord Bird,' a new version of John Brown rides in at a crucial moment in US history

  • Written by William Nash, Professor of American Studies and English and American Literatures, Middlebury

Was abolitionist John Brown a psychopath, a sinner or a saint?

The answer depends on whom you ask, and when.

The long-awaited premiere of Showtime’s “The Good Lord Bird,” based on James McBride’snovel of the same name, comes at a time when evolving popular perceptions of Brown have once again gotten people thinking and...

Read more: In 'The Good Lord Bird,' a new version of John Brown rides in at a crucial moment in US history

Cutting the debate mic won't stop Trump from short-circuiting the democratic process

  • Written by Karrin Vasby Anderson, Professor of Communication Studies, Colorado State University
imageWhen a debate becomes just a fight.wildpixel/iStock/Getty Images Plus

In the wake of the chaotic first presidential debate, commentators have called for rule changes in hopes of making the remaining debates more useful for the public – namely, to give the moderator the power to silence candidates’ microphones.

After the nonpartisan...

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  20. The urge to punish is not only about revenge – unfairness can unleash it, too
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  30. Partisan Supreme Court battles are as old as the United States itself
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  33. Giving in the pandemic: More than half of Americans have found ways to help those hit by COVID-19 hardship
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