Tag: quick reads
Black and Latino essential workers experience greater safety concerns than their...
Jasmine Kerrissey, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Clare Hammonds, University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Donald T. Tomaskovic-Devey, University of Massachusetts Amherst
The Research Brief is a...
Marijuana fueled Colombian drug trade before cocaine was king
Lina Britto, Northwestern University
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
The big idea
Long before Pablo Escobar’s Medellín cartel got rich supplying...
Parents with children forced to do school at home are drinking...
Susan Sonnenschein, University of Maryland, Baltimore County and Elyse R. Grossman, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
The Research Brief is a short take...
New teachers mistakenly assume Black students are angry
Alison Cooke, North Carolina State University; Amy Halberstadt, North Carolina State University, and Pamela Watkins Garner, George Mason University
The Research Brief is a short...
Black Lives Matter, LGBTQ rights, Trump: The risks and rewards of...
Joshua T. Beck, University of Oregon
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
The big idea
Companies and CEOs are increasingly wading into...
5 reasons to make sure recess doesn’t get short shrift when...
Rebecca London, University of California, Santa Cruz and William Massey, Oregon State University
Once children return to school for the first time since the coronavirus...
What is the summer solstice? An astronomer explains
Stephen Schneider, University of Massachusetts Amherst
The summer solstice marks the official start of summer. It brings the longest day and shortest night of the...
Americans’ deepening financial stress will make the coronavirus a lot harder...
David Salkever, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Preventing deaths from COVID-19 depends on people who get it seeking treatment – which also allows authorities to...
EXPLORING NATURE
From ancient texts to modern practices, Daoism provides a profound framework...
Michael Naparstek, University of Tennessee
Daoism, China’s indigenous religion, is one of the country’s five officially recognized religions today....
