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Political bias in media doesn't threaten democracy — other, less visible biases do

  • Written by Marjorie Hershey, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Indiana University
imagePeople see bias in the stories that favor the other party, but they tend not to see bias in stories favoring their own party. Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images

Charges of media bias – that “the media” are trying to brainwash Americans by feeding the public only one side of every issue – have become as common as...

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As few as 1 in 10 homeless people vote in elections – here's why

  • Written by Dora Kingsley Vertenten, Professor of Public Policy, University of Southern California
imageAmerican citizens, even homeless ones, still have the right to vote.AP Photo/Ben Margot

In a year in which every vote – and every voter – is under scrutiny, many homeless people will have a very hard time casting their ballots.

That’s the conclusion from a review of how state voting laws, regulations and practices affect homeless...

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Until a coronavirus vaccine is ready, pneumonia vaccines may reduce deaths from COVID-19

  • Written by Robert Root-Bernstein, Professor of Physiology, Michigan State University
imageVaccination rates may be tied to rates of COVID-19.Marko Geber/Getty Images

The yearly influenza season threatens to make the COVID-19 pandemic doubly deadly, but I believe that this isn’t inevitable.

There are two commonly given vaccines – the pneumococcal vaccine and the Hib vaccine – that protect against bacterial pneumonias....

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279,700 extra deaths in the US so far in this pandemic year

  • Written by Ronald D. Fricker Jr., Professor of Statistics and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Administration, Virginia Tech
imageA girl views the body of her father, who died of COVID-19, while mourners who can't visit in person are onscreen.Joe Raedle/Getty Images News via Getty ImagesimageThe Conversation, CC BY-ND

The number of deaths in the United States through September 2020 is at least 10% and likely 13% higher than it would have been if the coronavirus pandemic had never...

Read more: 279,700 extra deaths in the US so far in this pandemic year

Dementia deaths rise during the summer of COVID, leading to concern

  • Written by Laurie Archbald-Pannone, Associate Professor Medicine, Geriatrics, University of Virginia
imageIn the time of coronavirus, people with dementia and their caregivers need more support than ever.Westend61 via Getty Images

Deaths from dementia during the summer of 2020 are nearly 20% higher than the number of dementia-related deaths during that time in previous years, and experts don’t yet know why. An estimated 61,000 people have died...

Read more: Dementia deaths rise during the summer of COVID, leading to concern

How do pandemics end? History suggests diseases fade but are almost never truly gone

  • Written by Nükhet Varlik, Associate Professor of History, University of South Carolina
imageThe COVID-19 new normal might be here for quite some time.SolStock/E+ via Getty Images

When will the pandemic end? All these months in, with over 37 million COVID-19 cases and more than 1 million deaths globally, you may be wondering, with increasing exasperation, how long this will continue.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, epidemiologists and...

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Epic miscalls and landslides unforeseen: The exceptional catalog of polling failure

  • Written by W. Joseph Campbell, Professor of Communication Studies, American University School of Communication
imageWrong.Underwood Archives/Getty Images

The question looms in nearly every U.S. presidential election, even in this year’s race: Could the polls be wrong? If they are, they likely will err in unique fashion. The history of election polling says as much.

That history tells of no greater polling surprise than what happened in 1948, when President...

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Doing this one thing helps community college students transfer to a 4-year university

  • Written by Xueli Wang, Professor of Higher Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison
imageAn incoming student and family members tour the campus at California State University, Fullerton, in August. Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Elizabeth has always wanted to be a doctor. While a high school senior, she was hoping to achieve her dream through attending the state’s main university campus, but she was put on a...

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Schadenfreude over Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis was more about cosmic justice than joy in another’s pain

  • Written by Lee M. Pierce, Assistant Professor Rhetoric and Communication, State University of New York, College at Geneseo
imageTrump, after downplaying the seriousness of COVID-19, ended up contracting a serious case of the virus himself.Alex Edelman/AFP via Getty Images

After President Donald Trump announced his COVID-19 diagnosis, Merriam-Webster Dictionary reported a 30,000% increase in searches for the word “schadenfreude.”

The German word, which is often...

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Schools often fail to identify gifted and talented students – especially if they are Black, Latino or Native American

  • Written by Marcia Gentry, Professor of Educational Studies; Director, Gifted Education Research and Resource Institute, Purdue University
imageNot all students have equal access to gifted and talented services.JGI/Jamie Grill via Getty Images

About a decade ago, I was working with a large, urban school district on creating a gifted and talented program that would include all kids, regardless of their race or income.

In this district, Black children and children from poor families were...

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