Tag: Religion and society
A window into the hearts and minds of billionaire donors
Hans Peter Schmitz, University of San Diego
As the COVID-19 pandemic’s economic toll increases, many billionaires and their foundations are making very public efforts to...
A justification for unrest? Look no further than the Bible and...
Samira Mehta, University of Colorado Boulder and Samuel L. Boyd, University of Colorado Boulder
The civil unrest seen across the United States following the killing...
Everyday ethics: Should I be taking unemployment insurance?
Lee McIntyre, Boston University
A lot of people are facing ethical decisions about their daily life as a result of the coronavirus. Ethicist Lee McIntyre...
Long before face masks, Islamic healers tried to ward off disease...
Christiane Gruber, University of Michigan
Just as many now don face masks and do breathing exercises to protect against COVID-19 – despite debate around the...
Clap all you like now, but workers with meaningful jobs deserve...
Christopher Michaelson, University of St. Thomas
The coronavirus recession has laid bare how illogically the U.S. labor market values work that matters.
In the United States,...
What Islamic hygienic practices can teach when coronavirus is spreading
Rose S. Aslan, California Lutheran University
As outbreaks of the coronavirus spread throughout the world, people are reminded over and again to limit physical contact,...
Catholic Church urges Venezuela to unite against coronavirus
David Smilde, Tulane University and Hugo Pérez Hernáiz, Universidad Central de Venezuela
Coronavirus hasn’t yet hit Venezuela as hard as neighboring Brazil and Colombia. But...
Why sports still matter – even in a time when you...
Francisco Javier López Frías, Pennsylvania State University and Cesar R. Torres, The College at Brockport, State University of New York
Most of the sports world...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
