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How Germany is managing its coronavirus epidemic, and reacting with disdain to Trump's policies

  • Written by Klaus W. Larres, Richard M. Krasno Distinguished Professor; Adjunct Professor of the Curriculum in Peace, War and Defense, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
On March 29 in Berlin, the Brandenburg Gate is almost deserted due to restrictions on public life. Getty/Carsten Koall/picture alliance

A recent work visit to Germany, where I grew up, stretched from one week to three. Those weeks coincided with the spread of the coronavirus in Germany as well as across Europe.

What I saw while there is that...

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How prisoners, soldiers and Mormon missionaries make the census more complicated

  • Written by Rebecca Tippett, Director of Carolina Demography, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Counting Americans is a complicated process.Tada Images/Shutterstock.com

The U.S. census is the most democratic and inclusive activity we do as a country.

For demographers like myself, this once-a-decade count serves as the backbone of virtually every product that we use to understand who Americans are, how they’ve changed and what this...

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National Guard joins the coronavirus response – 3 questions answered

  • Written by Dwight Stirling, Lecturer in Law, University of Southern California
Members of the New York Army National Guard are setting up a 1,000-bed hospital at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in Manhattan.Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images

As a military organization divided into 50 distinct parts that can be commanded by either the president or state governors, the National Guard is perhaps the least understood branch...

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4 tips for staying connected during coronavirus, from migrants who live far from family

  • Written by Lynnette Arnold, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Massachusetts Amherst
For immigrants like Juana, from El Salvador, migration -- not coronavirus -- is the main cause of separation from family. Norwalk, Connecticut, March 25, 2020.John Moore/Getty Images

As social distancing and shelter-in-place orders are implemented to curb the spread of coronavirus, ever more people worldwide are separated from relatives, friends...

Read more: 4 tips for staying connected during coronavirus, from migrants who live far from family

What early Christian communities tell us about giving financial aid at a time of crises

  • Written by Cavan W. Concannon, Associate Professor of Religion, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Apostle Paul and his followers collected aid, likely for early Christians.Giovanni Paolo Panini /Hermitage Museum via Wikimedia Commons

Sometime in the late second century A.D., Christians in the city of Rome organized a collection to send to the followers of Jesus in the city of Corinth.

Modern-day scholars don’t know what the crisis was...

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Feeling overwhelmed? Approach coronavirus as a challenge to be met, not a threat to be feared

  • Written by Bethany Teachman, Professor of Psychology, University of Virginia
Pick the mindset that makes you better able to respond.Thomas Barwick/DigitalVision via Getty Images

You have a choice to make when it comes to the coronavirus pandemic.

Do you treat this time as an insurmountable threat that pits you against everyone else? This option entails making decisions based solely on protecting yourself and your loved ones:...

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Fighting boredom with banjos and Russian grammar – tips from polar explorers for surviving months of isolation

  • Written by Daniella McCahey, History Lecturer, University of Idaho
Members of Shackleton's Nimrod Expedition (1907–1909) gather round a gramophone player in Antarctica.Artist Unknown/Getty Images

Due to Antarctica’s extreme winter, which includes four months of total darkness, polar explorers endured intense confinement in close quarters for long periods of time.

American pioneer Richard Byrd explained,...

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Social media companies are taking steps to tamp down coronavirus misinformation – but they can do more

  • Written by Bhaskar Chakravorti, Dean of Global Business, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Facebook, the least trusted tech company, has taken the lead in fighting coronavirus misinformation.AP Photo/Ben Margot

As we practice social distancing, our embrace of social media gets only tighter. The major social media platforms have emerged as the critical information purveyors for influencing the choices people make during the expanding...

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Pregnant in a time of coronavirus - the changing risks and what you need to know

  • Written by Hector Chapa, Clinical Assistant Professor, Director of Interprofessional Education, College of Medicine, Texas A&M University
A pregnant woman walks past a street mural in Hong Kong on March 23, 2020. With the coronavirus pandemic moving quickly, pregnant women are facing a changing health care system.Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images

“So, being pregnant and delivering in a pandemic … what’s that gonna look like?”

That question, sent to me by a...

Read more: Pregnant in a time of coronavirus - the changing risks and what you need to know

It's a bad idea for journalists to censor Trump – instead, they can help the public identify what's true or false

  • Written by David Cuillier, Associate Professor, School of Journalism, University of Arizona
President Donald Trump, flanked by administration and public health officials, during a briefing on the coronavirus on March 25.Getty/Mandel Ngan / AFP

In times of mortal strife, humans crave information more than ever, and it’s journalists’ responsibility to deliver it.

But what if that information is inaccurate, or could even kill...

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  15. 6 things you can do to cope with boredom at a time of social distancing
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  18. The Federal Reserve is promising to do everything it can to save the economy – but what is that, actually?
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  22. The fashionable history of social distancing
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  24. What the US can learn from other countries on COVID-19 – and its own history with pandemics
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  36. Calling COVID-19 a 'Chinese virus' is wrong and dangerous – the pandemic is global
  37. Medical supply chains are fragile in the best of times and COVID-19 will test their strength
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  41. There’s a name for Trump playing down the threat and failing to take action against the virus: Institutional betrayal
  42. Reaching out to isolated older adults is essential during coronavirus – here are 7 specific things you can do, just for starters
  43. Co-parenting in the coronavirus pandemic: A family law scholar's advice
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