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Coronavirus deaths and those of George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery have something in common: Racism

  • Written by April Thames, Associate Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
imageIn Minneapolis, the memorial near the spot where George Floyd died while in police custody. Getty Images / Kerem Yucel

The COVID-19 pandemic and the deaths of George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery are two major catastrophes that shine a light on longstanding social inequities and injustices toward African Americans. Emerging research in the field of social...

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States are making it harder to sue nursing homes over COVID-19: Why immunity from lawsuits is a problem

  • Written by Tara Sklar, Professor of Health Law and Director, Health Law & Policy Program, University of Arizona
imageAt least 21 states have taken actions within the last four months to limit the liability of health care providers related to the coronavirus.David Ramos/Getty Images

The coronavirus has devastated nursing homes across the country, killing tens of thousands of vulnerable older Americans. Nursing homes did not cause the pandemic, but poor infection...

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Supreme Court phoning it in means better arguments, more public engagement

  • Written by Morgan Marietta, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts Lowell
imageColorado Attorney General Phil Weiser presenting via telephone during oral argument before the Supreme Court on May 13, 2020 in Denver, Colorado. RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Not every effect of the pandemic has been negative: The public has been able to hear live arguments of the Supreme Court in a new format that...

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Scientific fieldwork 'caught in the middle' of US-Mexico border tensions

  • Written by Taylor Edwards, Associate Staff Scientist, University of Arizona
imageThe political border cuts in two a region rich in biological and cultural diversity.John Moore/Getty Images News via Getty Images

Imagine you’re a scientist, setting out camera traps to snap pictures of wildlife in a remote area of southern Arizona. You set out with your gear early in the morning, but it took longer than expected to find all...

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Workplaces are turning to devices to monitor social distancing, but does the tech respect privacy?

  • Written by Ari Trachtenberg, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, and Computer Science, Boston University
imageMaintaining social distancing is a challenge as workplaces reopen during the coronavirus pandemic. miodrag ignjatovic/E+ via Getty Images

As we emerge from the coronavirus lockdown, those of us who still have a workplace may not recognize it. Businesses, eager to limit liability for employees and customers, are considering a variety of emerging...

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What we can learn about isolation from prison artists

  • Written by Janie Paul, Professor Emerita of Art and Design, University of Michigan
imageOliger Merko, 'Season of Love' detail, oil on canvas, 2014.Prison Creative Arts Project, Author provided

Over the past few months, most of us have found ourselves in unfamiliar territory trying to shape the formlessness of our days while contending with physical separation.

Many incarcerated people, however, have spent years figuring out what to do...

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Using the military to quash protests can erode democracy – as Latin America well knows

  • Written by Kristina Mani, Associate Professor of Politics and Chair of Latin American Studies, Oberlin College and Conservatory
imageA Chilean soldier stands guard at a ransacked supermarket in Santiago, October 2019.Marcelo Hernandez/Getty Images

President Donald Trump on June 7 withdrew National Guard troops from Washington, D.C., but his threat to “deploy the United States military and quickly solve the problem” of civil unrest following the police killing of...

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Unicorn Riot’s protest coverage recalls long history of grassroots video production

  • Written by Errol Salamon, Postdoctoral Teaching Associate in Journalism, University of Minnesota
imageA Unicorn Riot videographer films an interview on the streets of Minneapolis on May 29, 2020.Stephen Maturen/Getty Images

On-the-ground views of the protests sweeping the country are vital for understanding who is protesting and why. Mainstream news media coverage and individuals’ social media posts only go so far – and can focus on...

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19 facts about the 19th Amendment on its 100th anniversary

  • Written by Dianne Bystrom, Former Director of the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics, Iowa State University
imageWomen portraying suffragettes walk with the Pasadena Celebrates 2020 float at the 131st Rose Parade in Pasadena, California, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker

One hundred years ago, the 19th Amendment enfranchised millions of women across the United States following a seven-decade campaign. The struggle to expand voting rights to...

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Fear of needles could be a hurdle to COVID-19 vaccination, but here are ways to overcome it

  • Written by Amy Baxter, Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Augusta University
imageThe widespread fear of needles is a public health problem, particularly in the time of COVID-19.Getty Images / Sean Gallup

As progress continues toward finding a vaccine that prevents COVID-19, millions of Americans are frightened at even the notion of getting a shot: Studies suggest 63% of young adults – those born in 2000 or later –...

Read more: Fear of needles could be a hurdle to COVID-19 vaccination, but here are ways to overcome it

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  2. Vibrators had a long history as medical quackery before feminists rebranded them as sex toys
  3. 2020 uprisings, unprecedented in scope, join a long river of struggle in America
  4. The good-guy image police present to students often clashes with students' reality
  5. Video: A place for people to pray and birds to sing
  6. Trump's use of religion follows playbook of authoritarian-leaning leaders the world over
  7. Venezuelan migrants face crime, conflict and coronavirus at Colombia’s closed border
  8. Minneapolis' 'long, hot summer' of '67 – and the parallels to today's protests over police brutality
  9. Why are white supremacists protesting the deaths of black people?
  10. How to be as safe as possible in your house of worship
  11. Summer visitors to American parks choose safety first over freedom to roam
  12. A window into the hearts and minds of billionaire donors
  13. What goes into the toilet doesn’t always stay there, and other coronavirus risks in public bathrooms
  14. Science of 'Seinfeld'
  15. A few superspreaders transmit the majority of coronavirus cases
  16. Uprisings after pandemics have happened before – just look at the English Peasant Revolt of 1381
  17. It's time to rethink the disrupted US food system from the ground up
  18. Rain plays a surprising role in making some restored prairies healthier than others
  19. A new hybrid fungus is found in hospitals and linked to lung disease
  20. What is tear gas?
  21. Compare the flu pandemic of 1918 and COVID-19 with caution – the past is not a prediction
  22. A Lyme disease vaccine doesn't exist, but a yearly antibody shot shows promise at preventing infection
  23. We may be safer now from coronavirus than we were three months ago, but we're not totally safe
  24. A justification for unrest? Look no further than the Bible and the Founding Fathers
  25. How to protest during a pandemic and still keep everyone safe from coronavirus: 6 questions answered
  26. Why Hong Kong's untold history of protecting refugee rights matters now in its struggle with China
  27. Stripping voting rights from felons is about politics, not punishment
  28. Where are the African American leaders?
  29. COVID-19, smell and taste – how is COVID-19 different from other respiratory diseases?
  30. Here's a new way to do study abroad during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond
  31. Scientists tap the world's most powerful computers in the race to understand and stop the coronavirus
  32. It can't happen here – and then it did
  33. Genetically modified mosquitoes could be released in Florida and Texas beginning this summer – silver bullet or jumping the gun?
  34. Low-wage essential workers get less protection against coronavirus – and less information about how it spreads
  35. California's early shelter-in-place order may have saved 1,600 lives in one month
  36. Parasitic worms in your shellfish lead a creepy but popular lifestyle
  37. Physicists hunt for room-temperature superconductors that could revolutionize the world's energy system
  38. Kids need physical education – even when they can't get it at school
  39. New Jersey's small, networked dairy farms are a model for a more resilient food system
  40. Doctors can't treat COVID-19 effectively without recognizing the social justice aspects of health
  41. In Brazil's raging pandemic, domestic workers fear for their lives – and their jobs
  42. When it comes to reopening churches in the pandemic, Supreme Court says grace ain’t groceries
  43. Can the president really order the military to occupy US cities and states?
  44. George Floyd's death reflects the racist roots of American policing
  45. Militarization has fostered a policing culture that sets up protesters as 'the enemy'
  46. Americans' deepening financial stress will make the coronavirus a lot harder to contain
  47. How the Postal Service helped stamp identity on America – and continues to deliver a common bond today
  48. Mobile technology may support kids learning to recognize emotions in photos of faces
  49. Coronavirus deaths in San Francisco vs. New York: What causes such big differences in cities' tolls?
  50. India's coronavirus pandemic shines a light on the curse of caste