Across the political divide, most U.S. residents don’t think their states should reopen their economies yet, finds a new survey on a range of topics related to COVID-19.
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Since the turn of the New Year, governments worldwide — including in the U.S. — have curtailed civil liberties in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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We examine research on public health messaging to understand why the coronavirus appears to have a disparate impact on U.S. minorities.
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NYU law professor Emma Kaufman breaks down open-records requests she filed in every U.S. state, offering a previously unseen glimpse into the nation’s prisoner transfer system.
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Researchers warn that how students behave outside school can limit school closings’ effectiveness in preventing the spread of infectious disease. We look at the research.
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New research is giving shape to the rapid decline in consumer spending due to the new coronavirus, showing why GDP forecasts are dire.
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The executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists warns that a press crackdown during the coronavirus pandemic could lead to long-term curbs on the global information system.
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Journalist’s Resource’s managing editor, Denise-Marie Ordway, looks back at how she could have improved her coverage of college hazing and other problems at a Florida HBCU.
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In a new NBER working paper, economists surveyed Italian residents to explore what happens when expectations are shattered about how long social distancing measures, like self-isolation, would last.
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Infectious disease epidemiologist Helen Jenkins explains why it’s irresponsible and inaccurate to uses terms such as ‘patient zero’ and ‘party zero’ in coronavirus news coverage.
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