Lee Ann Rawlins Williams, Clinical Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation and Human Services, University of North Dakota When it comes to mental health at school, typically the focus is on helping students, especially as they emerge from the pandemic with heightened levels of anxiety,…
Diego Javier Luis, Assistant Professor of History, Tufts University One of the most pervasive myths about colonial Latin American society is that it was Catholic, full stop. It’s a familiar story: As history books tell it, the Europeans brought their…
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Amy Fraher, Lecturer in Management, Yale University The aviation industry is still…
Rachel Allison, Mississippi State University and Chris Knoester, The Ohio State University For all of the gains LGBTQ people have made over the past few decades, sports remain a highly visible reminder…
Paulo Verardi, University of Connecticut Spring has sprung, and there is a sense of relief in the air. After one year of lockdowns and social distancing, more than 171 million COVID-19 vaccine…
California residents have begun to flood beaches and popular attractions across the state despite the warming weather and growing number of coronavirus vaccinations. Thousands of people gathered in large crowds over the…
Ediberto Román, Florida International University Children arriving at the southern border without their parents have presented a political and humanitarian challenge for the past three presidents. Their numbers began rising considerably after…
Matthew Woodruff, Emory University Takeaways You might experience redness and soreness in the arm where you got the shot, tiredness, muscle aches, chills and nausea, but these symptoms won’t last long. You…
Zach Lang, University of Missouri-Columbia and Jennifer Selin, University of Missouri-Columbia Gun control is back in the U.S. political debate, in the wake of mass shootings in California, Boulder and Atlanta. Democrats…
Wuyou Sui, University of Victoria and Harry Prapavessis, Western University The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced a number of new behaviours into daily routines, like physical distancing, mask-wearing and hand sanitizing. Meanwhile, many…
Tinglong Dai, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing Human errors at a manufacturing plant forced Johnson & Johnson to throw out 15 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine – enough to vaccinate…
Randi Mandelbaum, Rutgers University The media create the impression that there is an unprecedented crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border, with droves of children arriving alone, as well as families flooding to the…
Stephanie Leiser, University of Michigan President Joe Biden just proposed a roughly US$2 trillion infrastructure plan, which he ambitiously compared to the interstate highway system and the space race. He aims to…
