How did ‘white’ become a metaphor for all things good?
Aradhna Krishna, University of Michigan
Shortly after George Floyd’s death, one of my friends texted me that Floyd wasn’t necessarily a bad person, but, pointing...
Group testing for coronavirus – called pooled testing – could be the fastest and...
Darius Lakdawalla, University of Southern California and Erin Trish, University of Southern California
Hopes for a summertime reprieve from COVID-19 have been dashed as cases...
Ethical challenges loom over decisions to resume in-person college classes
Neta C. Crawford, Boston University
By early July, about 80% of U.S. campuses were planning to resume at least some in-person instruction, even as a...
What we can learn from a book documenting the first vaccine, for smallpox
Anurag Papolu, The Conversation
As the world waits anxiously for a COVID-19 vaccine, Sam Lemley, curator of special collections at Carnegie Mellon University, says that...
Fireworks can torment veterans and survivors of gun violence with PTSD – here’s how...
Arash Javanbakht, Wayne State University
For some combat veterans, the Fourth of July is not a time to celebrate the independence of the country they...
The US isn’t in a second wave of coronavirus – the first wave never...
Melissa Hawkins, American University
After sustained declines in the number of COVID-19 cases over recent months, restrictions are starting to ease across the United States....
Rethinking the K-pop industry’s silence during the Black Lives Matter movement
Hye Jin Lee, University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
As nationwide protests against police violence and racial inequality continue in the...
Days with both extreme heat and extreme air pollution are becoming more common –...
Yangyang Xu, Texas A&M University and Xiaohui Xu, Texas A&M University
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