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Why We're Obsessed With Conspiracy Theories
Jul 02, 2020There have always been, and probably always will be, conspiracy theories, but we’ve certainty seen a dramatic increase this year. Misinformation around the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic have cr...
Black Lives Matter Protests: Hope for the Future?
Jun 18, 2020In the last few weeks, our country has been rocked by nationwide protests following the killing of George Floyd, and many other black people, at the hands of police. To be true to the mission of our s...
What Historic Pandemics Could Teach Us About Coronavirus, with Ada Palmer
Jun 08, 2020What happens to the world after a pandemic? Lots of experts have been talking about what we may be able to expect after COVID-19 from the 1918 Spanish flu and The Black Death. But, as any historian wi...
A Crisis Management Expert’s Advice on Handling Coronavirus
May 21, 2020Our society has always relied on leaders to effectively manage crises. But with the COVID-19 pandemic ravaging society, it’s more important than ever to understand what effective leadership should loo...
How Students and Schools Can Recover From Coronavirus, with Elaine Allensworth
May 12, 2020The coronavirus pandemic has taken a toll on our students. As we move into the summer, schools will need to understand the best way to address these issues.To understand what students have lost and ho...
Trump, Coronavirus and the Cost of Ineffective Government, With William Howell
Apr 30, 2020The coronavirus pandemic has laid bare the most profound challenges in our world. One of the most prominent has been governmental dysfunction. As director for the Center For Effective Government at th...
How Coronavirus Is Exposing Our Racial Disparities, with Monica Peek
Apr 21, 2020One of the most tragic aspects of the coronavirus outbreak has been the disproportionate effect COVID-19 has had on communities of color in cities around the country. Assoc. Prof. Monica Peek of the ...
Coronavirus Shows Why We Need To Rethink Health Care, with Kate Baicker
Apr 03, 2020The coronavirus outbreak has devastated many sectors of our society, and brought many of the issues we were facing before the pandemic to the forefront. This is especially true of health care. Prof. ...
What Rats Can Teach Us About Empathy and Racism, with Peggy Mason
Mar 10, 2020Why do we feel empathy for some people, but not others? Where does this feeling of empathy come from? These questions have been the focus of one University of Chicago neurobiologist’s career. And to f...
Why the Coronavirus Could Send China’s Economy Back to the 1980s With Chang-Tai Hsieh
Feb 25, 2020The outbreak of the coronavirus in China is a global tragedy. While much of the attention has been on the disease itself, many global experts have been focusing on the economic side-effects. Some econ...