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Activist farmers in Brazil feed the hungry and aid the sick as president downplays coronavirus crisis

  • Written by Rebecca Tarlau, Assistant Professor of Education and of Labor and Employment Relations, Pennsylvania State University
A mass grave for COVID-19 victims in Brazil, which has more total cases than anywhere else in Latin America, Manaus, April 2020.Chico Batata via Getty Images

For months, President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil has insisted the coronavirus is not a serious threat. Beyond instituting a national lockdown in mid-March, his government has left 209 million...

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Everyday ethics: When should we lift the lockdown?

  • Written by Lee McIntyre, Research Fellow, Center for Philosophy and History of Science, Boston University
The roads are open, but not yet the shops.Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

A lot of people are facing ethical decisions about their daily life as a result of the coronavirus. Ethicist Lee McIntyre has stepped in to help provide advice over the moral dilemmas we face. If you have a question you’d like a philosopher to answer, send it to us at u...

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Coronavirus could revolutionize work opportunities for people with disabilities

  • Written by Lisa Schur, Professor of Labor Studies and Employment Relations, Rutgers University
Working from home is an accommodation long sought by many people with disabilities.Maskot/Getty Images

Working from home has become the “new normal” for many of us during the COVID-19 pandemic. While this clearly has its downsides, one group in particular may benefit a great deal: people with disabilities.

This is important because...

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A majority of vaccine skeptics plan to refuse a COVID-19 vaccine, a study suggests, and that could be a big problem

  • Written by Kristin Lunz Trujillo, PhD Candidate in Political Science, University of Minnesota
Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the NIAID, said that a vaccination could be available as early as January 2021.AP Photo/Alex Brandon/File

The availability of a vaccine for the novel coronavirus will likely play a key role in determining when Americans can return to life as usual. Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and...

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Coronavirus medical costs could soar into hundreds of billions as more Americans become infected

  • Written by Bruce Y. Lee, Professor of Health Policy and Management, City University of New York
As larger percentages of the U.S. population become infected, a study shows how direct medical expenses for treating COVID-19 will rise. Those costs will come back to everyone. Scott Eisen/Getty Images

As states push to reopen businesses, arguing their economies are losing too much money under current coronavirus precautions, they can’t...

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We call workers 'essential' – but is that just referring to the work, not the people?

  • Written by Zachary Jaggers, Postdoctoral Scholar of Linguistics, University of Oregon
Workers at an Amazon fulfillment center in New York protest conditions in the company's warehouse.AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews

By this point in the coronavirus pandemic, you’ve probably heard a lot about “essential workers.” They’re the people working in hospitals and grocery stores, on farms and in meatpacking plants....

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Will we ever be able to shrink and grow stuff?

  • Written by Salvatore Rappoccio, Associate Professor of Physics, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
It would be fun to be able to shrink people and objects, but it's something we can only imagine.Jasmin Merdan/Moment via Getty Images

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com.

Will we ever be able to shrink and grow stuff? –...

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How people react to the threat of disease could mean COVID-19 is reshaping personalities

  • Written by Vivian Zayas, Associate Professor of Psychology, Cornell University
Your body wants you to freak out about germs so you avoid them.FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images

The effects of the coronavirus pandemic will be “imprinted on the personality of our nation for a very long time,” predicted Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

No doubt in the future...

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How using music to parent can liven up everyday tasks, build family bonds

  • Written by Lisa Huisman Koops, Professor of Music Education, Case Western Reserve University
Parents can sing their way through the day.Jose Luis Pelaez Inc./Getty Images

Editor’s Note: Lisa Huisman Koops researches how parents incorporate music into everything from daily chores and routines to family and religious practices. It’s something she believes has taken on more importance now that families are spending more time...

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Leaders' empathy matters in the midst of a pandemic

  • Written by Jonathan D. Fitzgerald, Assistant Professor of Humanities, Regis College
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker is near tears as he thanked the Kraft family for flying desperately needed protective masks from China to Boston in a New England Patriots jet, April 1, 2020.Getty/Jim Davis/The Boston Globe

Resilience, communication skills, openness and impulse control top the list of six qualities that presidential historian Doris...

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