What – or who – is antifa?
The anti-fascist movement is a decentralized collection of individual activists who mostly use nonviolent methods to achieve…
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COVID-19's deadliness for men is revealing why researchers should have been studying immune system s
Why does COVID-19 hit men harder than women? Is the disparity in mortality rates due male hormones or an underlying difference…
June 9, 2020
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States are making it harder to sue nursing homes over the coronavirus, and that’s a bad idea
Nearly half the states have limited liability for health care providers at a time when nursing home regulation is declining…
June 9, 2020
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Coronavirus deaths and those of George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery have something in common: Racism
Racism – and the chronic stress it causes – leads to poor health among African Americans. It may change the way genes…
June 9, 2020
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Supreme Court phoning it in means better arguments, more public engagement
The Supreme Court's pandemic-related move to oral argument over the telephone has improved those arguments and allowed…
June 9, 2020
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Workplaces are turning to devices to monitor social distancing, but does the tech respect privacy?
Smartphone apps and wearable devices can tell when workers have been within six feet of each other, promising to help curb…
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Scientific fieldwork 'caught in the middle' of US-Mexico border tensions
Government policies and dangerous conditions affect the ability of researchers working on both sides of the US-Mexico border…
June 9, 2020
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What we can learn about isolation from prison artists
In a system that treats people as objects to be counted, chained, searched and assigned a number, art is a way for prisoners…
June 9, 2020
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Using the military to quash protests can erode democracy – as Latin America well knows
Latin American history shows that sending out troops to quell unrest is a perilous move even in strong democracies. Usually,…
June 8, 2020
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Unicorn Riot’s protest coverage recalls long history of grassroots video production
Livestreamed video coverage of protests across the country is the modern heir to decades of grassroots documentary filmmaking.
June 8, 2020
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19 facts about the 19th Amendment on its 100th anniversary
On the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, women's historic struggles to vote continue to resonate as the country…
June 8, 2020
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Star player who expressed interest in going to an HBCU may shake up how athletes select a college
When Mikey Williams, one of the nation's top high school basketball players, announced that he was thinking about going…
June 8, 2020
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Fear of needles could be a hurdle to COVID-19 vaccination, but here are ways to overcome it
What happens when we have a COVID-19 vaccine – and millions are afraid of a needle?
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Vibrators had a long history as medical quackery before feminists rebranded them as sex toys
From its roots as an electric version of snake oil, by the 1930s vibrators were just another household electric appliance…
June 8, 2020
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The 2020 uprisings join a long river of struggle in America
Protests over police violence and white supremacy have erupted in almost 600 US cities. A historian of black social movements…
June 7, 2020
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The good-guy image police present to students often clashes with students' reality
Some school districts are starting to remove police. A team of researchers explains why that could be a welcome trend.
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Video: A place for people to pray and birds to sing
The mosque is where men and women and children go to pray. But, according to art historian Christiane Gruber, some make…
June 5, 2020
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Trump's use of religion follows playbook of authoritarian-leaning leaders the world over
In appearing with Bible in hand at the time of crisis, Trump is signaling his position as defender of traditional, while…
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How to be as safe as possible in your house of worship
To keep congregations safe, religious services must take a different approach.
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