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COVID-19 has ravaged American newsrooms – here's why that matters

  • Written by Damian Radcliffe, Caroline S. Chambers Professor in Journalism, University of Oregon
imageRead all about it: Virus kills off dying industryBrian Mitchell/Getty Images

Many newsrooms across the U.S. will be quieter places when journalists return to their workplace after the coronavirus lockdowns end.

COVID-19 has ripped through the industry. In the United States alone, over 36,000 journalists have lost their jobs, been furloughed or had...

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How local governments can attract companies that will help keep their economies afloat during COVID-19

  • Written by Bruce D. McDonald III, Associate Professor of Public Budgeting and Finance, North Carolina State University
imageProtestors voice their displeasure during a New York City Council hearing on Amazon's plan to locate a headquarters in the city.Drew Angerer/Getty Images

As companies labor to stay afloat amid the coronavirus pandemic, some businesses that feel hemmed in by local or statewide workplace safety mandates have threatened to relocate to more...

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Why Indian American spelling bee success is more than just an endearing story

  • Written by Pawan Dhingra, Professor of Sociology and American Studies, Amherst College
imageBehind every spelling bee champ is at least one very engaged parent.Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Over the past 20 years, Indian Americans have come to dominate the Scripps National Spelling Bee even though they comprise only about 1% of the U.S. population.

The bee was canceled in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. But there were eight...

Read more: Why Indian American spelling bee success is more than just an endearing story

Mandatory face masks might lull people into taking more coronavirus risks

  • Written by Alex Horenstein, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Miami
imageMasks are a crucial tool for stopping the pandemic – but don't let them give you a false sense of security.Patricia J. Garcinuno/Getty Images Entertainment via Getty Images Europe

Governments all around the world are trying to contain the spread of the coronavirus. Making it mandatory for people to wear face masks is a policy that has gained...

Read more: Mandatory face masks might lull people into taking more coronavirus risks

John Lewis and C.T. Vivian belonged to a long tradition of religious leaders in the civil rights struggle

  • Written by Lawrence Burnley, Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion, University of Dayton
imageJohn Lewis linked arms with religious leaders, including Dr. Martin Luther King, while marching from Selma to Montgomery in 1965.William Lovelace/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

With the deaths of Rep. John Lewis and the Rev. Cordy Tindell “C.T.” Vivian, the U.S. has lost two civil rights greats who drew upon their faith as...

Read more: John Lewis and C.T. Vivian belonged to a long tradition of religious leaders in the civil rights...

Twitter hack exposes broader threat to democracy and society

  • Written by Laura DeNardis, Professor and Interim Dean, American University School of Communication
imageTwitter mediates so much in the public sphere that weak points at the company are weak points in society. NurPhoto via Getty Images

In case 2020 wasn’t dystopian enough, hackers on July 15 hijacked the Twitter accounts of former President Barack Obama, presidential hopeful Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Kim Kardashian and Apple, among...

Read more: Twitter hack exposes broader threat to democracy and society

Poorest Americans drink a lot more sugary drinks than the richest – which is why soda taxes could help reduce gaping health inequalities

  • Written by Patricia Smith, Professor of Economics, University of Michigan
imageSoda contributes to obesity and other diseases.

Many countries such as the U.K. and Mexico and a handful of U.S. cities such as Philadelphia and San Francisco have imposed soda taxes in an effort to fight rising obesity.

Lots of research shows a link between drinking sugary substances and a whole host of negative health outcomes, including type 2...

Read more: Poorest Americans drink a lot more sugary drinks than the richest – which is why soda taxes could...

The long history of how Jesus came to resemble a white European

  • Written by Anna Swartwood House, Assistant Professor of Art History, University of South Carolina
imagePainting depicting transfiguration of Jesus, a story in the New Testament when Jesus becomes radiant upon a mountain.Artist Raphael /Collections Hallwyl Museum, CC BY-SA

The portrayal of Jesus as a white, European man has come under renewed scrutiny during this period of introspection over the legacy of racism in society.

As protesters called for...

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To reduce world hunger, governments need to think beyond making food cheap

  • Written by Michael Fakhri, Associate Professor of International Law, University of Oregon
imageIraqis buy produce at a street market in Baghdad during the COVID-19 pandemic, July 14, 2020.Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP via Getty Images

According to a new United Nations report, global rates of hunger and malnutrition are on the rise. The report estimates that in 2019, 690 million people – 8.9% of the world’s population – were...

Read more: To reduce world hunger, governments need to think beyond making food cheap

Video: An infectious disease expert explains the results from Moderna's latest vaccine trials

  • Written by Sanjay Mishra, Project Coordinator & Staff Scientist, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt University
imageA new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, discloses the results from phase 1 of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine trials.YurolaitsAlbert / Getty Images

Biotech company Moderna, one of many organizations developing a vaccine for COVID-19, published results from an early-stage test of its experimental mRNA vaccine in the New England...

Read more: Video: An infectious disease expert explains the results from Moderna's latest vaccine trials

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  13. How brains do what they do is more complex than what anatomy on its own suggests
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