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Going beyond 'back to normal' – 5 research-based tips for emerging from pandemic life

  • Written by Bethany Teachman, Professor of Psychology, University of Virginia
imageYou don't need to pick up exactly where you left off; you can think about how you want your life to look.Thomas Barwick/DigitalVision via Getty Images

You’ve been waiting… and waiting… and waiting for this amazing, magical day when you could return to “normal life.”

For many people in the U.S., it feels like that dim...

Read more: Going beyond 'back to normal' – 5 research-based tips for emerging from pandemic life

Japanese American soldiers in World War II fought the Axis abroad and racial prejudice at home

  • Written by Susan H. Kamei, Lecturer in History; Managing Director of the Spatial Sciences Institute, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
imageSoldiers of the Japanese American 442nd Regimental Combat Team in Bruyères, France.U.S. Army Signal Corps via Wikimedia Commons

Imagine being forced from your home by the government, being imprisoned in a detention camp under armed guards and behind barbed wire – and then being required to join the military to fight for the nation that...

Read more: Japanese American soldiers in World War II fought the Axis abroad and racial prejudice at home

Why do women still get judged so harshly for having casual sex?

  • Written by Jaimie Arona Krems, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Oklahoma State University
imageThere's virtually no association between self-esteem and sexual behavior.Heritage Images/Hulton Fine Art Collection via Getty Images

F. Scott Fitzgerald famously called the Roaring Twenties – which happened on the heels of the 1918 flu pandemic – “the most expensive orgy in history.”

Now, as more and more Americans are...

Read more: Why do women still get judged so harshly for having casual sex?

Veterans took an especially bad hit during the pandemic

  • Written by Jamie Rowen, Associate Professor of Legal Studies and Political Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst
imageNavy veteran Faron Smith Jr. reacts as he receives a COVID-19 vaccination at a Veterans Administration pop-up vaccination site on April 17, 2021, in Gardena, Calif. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)

As the nation takes a day to memorialize its military dead, living military veterans are facing a deadly risk that has nothing to do with war or...

Read more: Veterans took an especially bad hit during the pandemic

'WandaVision' echoes myths of Isis, Orpheus and Kisa Gotami to explain how grief and love persevere

  • Written by Michael Nichols, Professor of Religious Studies, Martin University
imageWhat is Marvel if not mythology persevering?WandaVision Images/Disney Plus

During a flashback scene in Marvel’s Disney Plus show “WandaVision,” the superpowered android Vision comforts his wife, Wanda Maximoff, after the death of her twin brother. “But what is grief,” he tells her, “if not love...

Read more: 'WandaVision' echoes myths of Isis, Orpheus and Kisa Gotami to explain how grief and love persevere

Local newspapers can help reduce polarization with opinion pages that focus on local issues

  • Written by Johanna Dunaway, Associate Professor of Communication, Texas A&M University
imageOpinion journalism can rile people up -- or it can bring them together.momentimages/Getty Images

If you’re confused about opinion journalism and what it is, you’re not alone. Many Americans are. But even so, the editorials, opinion columns and letters to the editor that fill the op-ed pages could help bridge political divides in the...

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Colombian city beset by crime declares 'Black Lives Matter'

  • Written by Shauna N Gillooly, PhD Candidate, Political Science, University of California, Irvine
imageA demonstration for peace in Buenaventura, Colombia, where a cartel turf war has left at least 30 people dead since the beginning of this year.Luis Robayo/AFP via Getty Images

Chaotic and deadly protests have for weeks rocked the Colombian port city of Buenaventura. In mid-May some demonstrators stormed the airport, and riot police responded with...

Read more: Colombian city beset by crime declares 'Black Lives Matter'

Teachers in South Central LA who had personal ties to the neighborhood made better connections with students

  • Written by Julio Angel Alicea, Ph.D. Candidate in Urban Schooling, University of California, Los Angeles
imageA demonstrator writes a message in chalk at the corner of Florence and Normandy avenues in Los Angeles.Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.

The big idea

One way to examine a teacher’s personal connection to their students’ community is to ask them to...

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Some coastal areas are more prone to devastating hurricanes – a meteorologist explains why

  • Written by Athena Masson, Meteorology instructor, University of Florida
imagePreparing for a hurricane on North Carolina's vulnerable Outer Banks.Paul J. Richards/AFP via Getty Images

Every coastline in the North Atlantic is vulnerable to tropical storms, but some areas are more susceptible to hurricane destruction than others.

To understand why as the region heads into what’s forecast to be another busy hurricane...

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Biden’s budget includes a jump in climate spending – here's why investing in innovation is crucial

  • Written by David M. Hart, Professor of Public Policy, George Mason University
imageElectric vehicles and renewable energy will only get the country so far.AP Photos/Evan Vucci

President Joe Biden is calling for a more than 60% increase in spending to fight climate change in his first federal budget compared to the previous annual budget, with more than $US36 billion in climate-related investments spread across nearly every agency...

Read more: Biden’s budget includes a jump in climate spending – here's why investing in innovation is crucial

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  2. To protect ocean environments, 'good enough' might be the best long-term option
  3. Anger in Tokyo over the Summer Olympics is just the latest example of how unpopular hosting the games has become
  4. 10 hip-hop songs to take you on a voyage into space
  5. Politicized science drove lunar exploration and Stalinist pseudoscience – but polarized scientific views are worse than ever
  6. Colonial Pipeline forked over $4.4M to end cyberattack – but is paying a ransom ever the ethical thing to do?
  7. Think like a virus to understand why the pandemic isn't over yet – and what the US needs to do to help other countries
  8. Why more public libraries are doubling as food distribution hubs
  9. Fast computers, 5G networks and radar that passes through walls are bringing 'X-ray vision' closer to reality
  10. Can people vaccinated against COVID-19 still spread the coronavirus?
  11. Marriage trends, political views undermining the notion of a unified American Jewish identity
  12. Giving food pantry clients choices – and gently nudging them toward nutritious foods – can lead to healthier diets
  13. 1 in 4 unvaccinated people may not comply with CDC guidelines to wear masks indoors, survey suggests
  14. Narcissistic people aren't just full of themselves – new research finds they're more likely to be aggressive and violent
  15. Oil companies are going all-in on petrochemicals – and green chemistry needs help to compete
  16. Body cameras help monitor police but can invade people's privacy
  17. 100 years after the Tulsa Race Massacre, lessons from my grandfather
  18. How the early internet created a place for trans youth to find one another and explore coming out
  19. How the bulletin board systems, email lists and Geocities pages of the early internet created a place for trans youth to find one another and explore coming out
  20. Why widespread health woes could follow from pandemic-driven job losses
  21. Pain of police killings ripples outward to traumatize Black people and communities across US
  22. Western fires are burning higher in the mountains at unprecedented rates in a clear sign of climate change
  23. Despite federal moratorium, eviction rates returning to pre-pandemic levels
  24. Suit seeks to limit anti-Muslim speech on Facebook but roots of Islamophobia run far deeper
  25. Faith in numbers: Fox News is must-watch for white evangelicals, a turnoff for atheists...and Hindus, Muslims really like CNN
  26. The obscure, unelected Senate official whose rulings can help – or kill – a bill's chance to pass
  27. 578,555 people have died from COVID-19 in the US, or maybe it's 912,345 – here's why it's hard to count
  28. China finances most coal plants built today – it's a climate problem and why US-China talks are essential
  29. Why do I need anything other than Google to answer a question?
  30. Sending science majors into elementary schools helps Latino and Black students realize scientists can look like them
  31. Supermoon! Red blood lunar eclipse! It's all happening at once, but what does that mean?
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  33. The 2021 World Food Prize recognizes that fish are key for reducing hunger and malnutrition
  34. Pandemic-stricken mass transit would get $85 billion in Biden stimulus plan – a down payment on reviving American cities
  35. 'The Underground Railroad' attempts to upend viewers' notions of what it meant to be enslaved
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  37. Sheriffs in more militarized counties reap election rewards
  38. Representative Cheney calls for order
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  40. Meals on Wheels volunteers help 2.4 million US seniors get enough to eat while staving off loneliness
  41. Video shows students still get paddled in US schools
  42. How electric cars can advance environmental justice: By putting low-income and racially diverse drivers behind the wheel
  43. Zero-trust security: Assume that everyone and everything on the internet is out to get you – and maybe already has
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  46. Can the world stop Israel and Hamas from committing war crimes? 7 questions answered about international law
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  48. Trans moms discuss their unique parenting challenges during the pandemic – and what they worry about when things go back to 'normal'
  49. How theater can help communities heal from the losses and trauma of the pandemic
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