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As coronavirus curtails travel, backyard pilgrimages become the way to a spiritual journey

  • Written by Kathryn Barush, Thomas E. Bertelsen Jr. Chair and Associate Professor of Art History and Religion at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley and The Jesuit School of Theology, Santa Clara University
imageCOVID-19 is changing how people go on pilgrimages.conceptual,fashion,advertising/Moment via Getty Images

Many major religious pilgrimages have been canceled or curtailed in an effort to contain the spread of COVID-19. These have included the Hajj, a religious milestone for Muslims the world over; the Hindu pilgrimage, known as the Amarnath Yatra hig...

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Armed poll watchers: New Jersey's cautionary tale ahead of the 2020 presidential election

  • Written by Mark Krasovic, Associate Professor of History and American Studies, Rutgers University Newark
imageDemocrats filed suit against Republicans in 1981 for allegedly sending armed patrols to polling stations during the New Jersey gubernatorial race.Megan Jelinger/AFP via Getty Images

In the history of voter suppression in the United States – including attempts to stop Black and Latino people from voting – Republican tactics in the 1981...

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Democratic, Republican parties both play favorites when allotting convention delegates to states

  • Written by John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College
imagePolitics is a push-and-pull between the parties and the states. Samuil_Levich/iStock/Getty Images

As the Democratic and Republican parties pick their nominees for the presidency, they’ll do so under a delegate system that rewards states for their partisan loyalty – and ignores the common principle of everyone having an equal say.

Consider...

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'Morality pills' may be the US's best shot at ending the coronavirus pandemic, according to one ethicist

  • Written by Parker Crutchfield, Associate Professor of Medical Ethics, Humanities and Law, Western Michigan University
imageA psychoactive substance to make you act in everyone's best interest?Sayanh Kaew Mni/EyeEm via Getty Images

COVID-19 is a collective risk. It threatens everyone, and we all must cooperate to lower the chance that the coronavirus harms any one individual. Among other things, that means keeping safe social distances and wearing masks. But many people...

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Cyberspace is critical infrastructure – it will take effective government oversight to make it safe

  • Written by Francine Berman, Hamilton Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
imageCyberspace has become indispensable during the COVID-19 pandemic, heightening the need for online protections.Ariel Skelley/DigitalVision via Getty Images

A famous 1990s New Yorker cartoon showed two dogs at a computer and a caption that read “On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog.” The cartoon represents a digital past when...

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Watch more TV to understand the backlash against the women in the running for vice president

  • Written by Karrin Vasby Anderson, Professor of Communication Studies, Colorado State University
imagePresident Allison Taylor of '24' ends up being exposed as Machiavellian.20th Century Fox

Joe Biden’s promise to name a woman running mate has prompted familiar debates about gender and power.

Are these potential vice presidents supposed to be presidential lackeys or understudies to the leader of the free world? Should they actively seek the...

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¿Por qué algunos estadounidenses parecen más 'estadounidenses' que otros?

  • Written by Katherine Kinzler, Professor of Psychology, University of Chicago
imageLas nobles nociones igualitarias sobre la ciudadanía no siempre se sostienenAP Photo/Charlie Neibergall

En Estados Unidos y en muchos otros países, la nacionalidad se define por un conjunto de parámetros legales. Puede implicar el lugar de nacimiento, la ciudadanía de los padres o una serie de procedimientos...

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Controversias en la investigación del coronavirus muestran que la ciencia está funcionando como debería

  • Written by Mark R. O'Brian, Professor and Chair of Biochemistry, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
imageUn paper de alto perfil sobre los riesgos del medicamento antimalárico hidroxicloriquina fue retirado en junio.AP Photo/John Locher,

Varios artículos de alto perfil sobre la investigación de COVID-19 han sido criticados por personas de la comunidad científica en los últimas meses.

Dos artículos que abordan...

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How COVID-19 might increase risk of memory loss and cognitive decline

  • Written by Natalie C. Tronson, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Michigan
imageMore and more studies are revealing the cognitive effects of COVID-19.Amornrat Phuchom / Getty Images

Of all frightening ways that the SARS-COV-2 virus affects the body, one of the more insidious is the effect of COVID-19 on the brain.

It is now clear that many patients suffering from COVID-19 exhibit neurological symptoms, from loss of smell, to...

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Lost your job due to coronavirus? Artificial intelligence could be your best friend in finding a new one

  • Written by Stewart Black, Professor of Management Practice in Global Leadership and Strategy, INSEAD
image Some places are still hiring.AP Photo/Lynne Sladky

Millions of Americans are unemployed and looking for work. Hiring continues, but there’s far more demand for jobs than supply.

As scholars of human resources and management, we believe artificial intelligence could be a boon for job seekers who need an edge in a tight labor market like...

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