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Kids need physical education – even when they can't get it at school

  • Written by Collin A. Webster, College of Education Associate Dean for Research and Innovation and Professor of Physical Education, University of South Carolina
imageStrong PE programs encourage students to remain physically active for life.Kathryn Scott/The Denver Post via Getty Images

When I noticed my 12-year-old son was spending about seven hours a day doing his school work online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, I immediately became concerned. As a researcher who focuses on how to get kids to be more...

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New Jersey's small, networked dairy farms are a model for a more resilient food system

  • Written by Andrew Carlson, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Princeton University
imageRichard Byma from By-Acre farms in Sussex County, New Jersey, tends to his Holstein herd. Neville Elder/Corbis via Getty Images)

Cow’s milk is a major part of many Americans’ diets because it contains key vitamins and calcium. But milk consumption has suffered during the COVID-19 pandemic, along with other foods, including beef, eggs, fr...

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Doctors can't treat COVID-19 effectively without recognizing the social justice aspects of health

  • Written by Zoë Julian, Health Services Researcher and Clinical Instructor, University of Alabama at Birmingham
imageEmergency medical technicians bring a patient into Wyckoff Hospital in the Borough of Brooklyn on April 6, 2020 in New York.Bryna R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images.

Recent data shows that black, Latino, indigenous and immigrant communities are disproportionately affected by COVID-19, due in large part to the persistent legacy of structural racism...

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In Brazil's raging pandemic, domestic workers fear for their lives – and their jobs

  • Written by Mauricio Sellmann Oliveira, Visiting Scholar, Dartmouth College
imageLadijane Sofia da Concecão, one of millions of unemployed housekeepers in Brazil, accepts a food donation from a friend in São Paulo, May 7, 2020. Alexandre Schneider/Getty Images

Brazil has emerged as one of the worst-hit countries in the coronavirus crisis, with hundreds of thousands of cases affecting people from all backgrounds....

Read more: In Brazil's raging pandemic, domestic workers fear for their lives – and their jobs

When it comes to reopening churches in the pandemic, Supreme Court says grace ain’t groceries

  • Written by Ross D. Silverman, Professor of Public Health and Law, Indiana University
imageChurches have to weigh the risk to congregants in opening too soon.AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh

The highest court in the land has given states some leeway in determining when and how to safely reopen places of worship during the COVID-19 pandemic. The move lends support to state officials making science-informed decisions that may inhibit church congregants...

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Can the president really order the military to occupy US cities and states?

  • Written by Jennifer Selin, Kinder Institute Assistant Professor of Constitutional Democracy, University of Missouri-Columbia
imagePresident Donald Trump makes a statement to the press in the Rose Garden about restoring "law and order" in the wake of protests.Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

After a week of both peaceful protests and violent chaos in the wake of George Floyd’s death, President Donald Trump announced, “If a city or state refuses to take the actions...

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George Floyd's death reflects the racist roots of American policing

  • Written by Connie Hassett-Walker, Assistant Professor of Justice Studies and Sociology, Norwich University
imageThe death of George Floyd at the hands of a police officer has sparked widespread outrage.John Rudoff/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Outrage over racial profiling and the killing of African Americans by police officers and vigilantes has recently resurfaced following the death of George Floyd on May 25. Video footage a bystander took of...

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Militarization has fostered a policing culture that sets up protesters as 'the enemy'

  • Written by Tom Nolan, Visiting Associate Professor of Sociology, Emmanuel College
imageSheriffs deputies in riot gear move in on protesters in Los Angeles, California. Photo by David McNew/Getty Images

The unrest sparked by the death of George Floyd after being pinned to the ground by the knee of a Minneapolis police officer has left parts of U.S. cities looking like a battle zone.

Night after night, angry protesters have taken to the...

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Americans' deepening financial stress will make the coronavirus a lot harder to contain

  • Written by David Salkever, Professor Emeritus of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
imageA growing number of Americans are feeling financial stress and unable to afford basics like food and health care.AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez

Preventing deaths from COVID-19 depends on people who get it seeking treatment – which also allows authorities to track down whom they came in contact with to reduce spread.

But, as the economic pain and...

Read more: Americans' deepening financial stress will make the coronavirus a lot harder to contain

How the Postal Service helped stamp identity on America – and continues to deliver a common bond today

  • Written by Amy Werbel, Professor of the History of Art, Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT)
imageUnited States Postal Service mail carrier Frank Colon, 59, departs on his delivery route at the Remcon Circle Post Office amid the coronavirus pandemic on April 30, 2020 in El Paso, Texas.PAUL RATJE/AFP via Getty Images

Americans overwhelmingly support a federal bailout for the cash-starved United States Postal Service. They view the USPS as a...

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  4. Dying virtually: Pandemic drives medically assisted deaths online
  5. Opening up US will trigger more COVID-19 cases, but disease models suggest how to avoid a second peak
  6. From the research lab to your doctor's office – here's what happens in phase 1, 2, 3 drug trials
  7. Giving private schools federal emergency funds slated for low-income students will shortchange at-risk kids
  8. Coronavirus, 'Plandemic' and the seven traits of conspiratorial thinking
  9. Obamacare's insurance safety net protects many of the millions losing their employer-provided health insurance – but not all
  10. Does your AI discriminate?
  11. The lack of women in cybersecurity leaves the online world at greater risk
  12. Robo-boot concept promises 50% faster running
  13. Solar farms, power stations and water treatment plants can be attractions instead of eyesores
  14. How do Buddhists handle coronavirus? The answer is not just meditation
  15. How Little Richard helped launch the Beatles
  16. Death by numbers: How Vietnam War and coronavirus changed the way we mourn
  17. More than 1 in 5 Americans are taking care of their elderly, ill and disabled relatives and friends
  18. Who's in charge of lifting lockdowns?
  19. Megacity slums are incubators of disease – but coronavirus response isn't helping the billion people who live in them
  20. Prehistoric human footprints reveal a rare snapshot of ancient human group behavior
  21. What makes the wind?
  22. Social distancing is no reason to stop service learning – just do it online
  23. Everyday ethics: Stripping puts me in close contact with others – should I go back to work?
  24. Delaying primaries helps protect incumbents as well as voters
  25. We designed an experimental AI tool to predict which COVID-19 patients are going to get the sickest
  26. A new type of chemical bond: The charge-shift bond
  27. What is the ACE2 receptor, how is it connected to coronavirus and why might it be key to treating COVID-19? The experts explain
  28. 'I thought I could wait this out': Fearing coronavirus, patients are delaying hospital visits, putting health and lives at risk
  29. Masks help stop the spread of coronavirus – the science is simple and I'm one of 100 experts urging governors to require public mask-wearing
  30. Americans may be willing to pay $5 trillion to stop the spread of the coronavirus and save lives
  31. What the coronavirus crisis reveals about vulnerable populations behind bars and on the streets
  32. Coronavirus diets: What's behind the urge to eat like little kids?
  33. How the Lyme disease epidemic is spreading and why ticks are so hard to stop
  34. Amid pandemic, campaigning turns to the internet
  35. Why it's wrong to blame livestock farms for coronavirus
  36. Bankruptcy courts ill-prepared for tsunami of people going broke from coronavirus shutdown
  37. Surprise medical bills continue during coronavirus time, and Congress still misses major points
  38. What is a clinical trial? A health policy expert explains
  39. 'Blue state bailouts'? Some states like New York send billions more to federal government than they get back
  40. Everyday ethics: Is it OK to feed stray cats during the coronavirus crisis?
  41. AI tool searches thousands of scientific papers to guide researchers to coronavirus insights
  42. Government cybersecurity commission calls for international cooperation, resilience and retaliation
  43. Ashamed over my mental illness, I realized drawing might help me – and others – cope
  44. The dirty history of soap
  45. Study shows how Airbnb hosts discriminate against guests with disabilities as sharing economy remains in ADA gray area
  46. Can a business still be small with 500 employees?
  47. A way to make COVID-19 college furloughs more fair
  48. What FDR’s polio crusade teaches us about presidential leadership amid crisis
  49. As reopening begins in uncertain coronavirus times, you need emotional protective equipment, too
  50. Nurses on the front lines: A history of heroism from Florence Nightingale to coronavirus