Coronavirus (COVID-19) Families, Communities, and Education

Professor Denise Apodaca, middle, gives the commencement address to graduates during the graduation ceremony for the College of Liberal Arts in Moby Arena at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colo. on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019.Csu Liberalartsgraduation3

You’re graduating in a pandemic. What’s next?

Thursday, April 23, 2020

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COVID-19’s impact on the Brookings Institution’s Spring intern class of 2020

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

A woman wearing a face mask walks past a closed Amazon store as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., April 20, 2020. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

COVID-19’s recent spread shifts to suburban, whiter, and more Republican-leaning areas

William H. Frey

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Children watch a movie on a computer at a shelter in the town of Comala, in the Mexican state of Colima, October 24, 2015. Hurricane Patricia caused less damage than feared on Mexico's Pacific coast on Saturday, but hammered an isolated part of the shoreline dotted with luxury villas and fishing villages, where the storm and its 165 mph (266 kph) winds landed. Thousands of residents and tourists fled the advance of the storm, one of the strongest in recorded history, seeking refuge in hastily arranged shelters. REUTERS/Tomas Bravo

Mexico’s COVID-19 distance education program compels a re-think of the country’s future of education

María Cristina Osorio Vázquez

Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Students walk on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut November 12, 2015. More than 1,000 students, professors and staff at Yale University gathered on Wednesday to discuss race and diversity at the elite Ivy League school, amid a wave of demonstrations at U.S. colleges over the treatment of minority students. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton - GF20000056999

Coronavirus poses serious financial risks to US universities

Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Shawn Beitler of Wyandotte visits her son Landon Beitler, who is staying at her mother's house to avoid infecting him with COVID-19, as she works as a registered nurse at Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital and Beaumont Hospital, Dearborn. "I never thought I would have to make a decision like this. It was a hard decision but easy when I saw what happened to people," Beitler said, who took care of one of the first COVID patients at Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital. She stops by every day that she can to say hello to her son and family through the window. "I could never live with myself if I gave it to my parents."041520 Nurses And Housing R 2

Are you happy or sad? How wearing face masks can impact children’s ability to read emotions

Rachael Katz and Helen Shwe Hadani

Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Miniature graduation cap on hundred dollar bills

What’s the government done to relieve student loan borrowers of their burden during the corona crisis?

Caitlin Brandt, Louise Sheiner, and Kadija Yilla

Thursday, April 16, 2020

A streetcar driver wears a mask amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman

Mapping racial inequity amid COVID-19 underscores policy discriminations against Black Americans

Andre M. Perry, David Harshbarger, and Carl Romer

Thursday, April 16, 2020

A woman covers her nose and mouth with ? scarf, as she along with others waits to receive cash from a country-wide Ehsaas Emergency Cash program, introduced by the government for vulnerable families due to the ongoing spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Karachi, Pakistan April 11, 2020. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

A gender-sensitive response is missing from the COVID-19 crisis

Thursday, April 16, 2020

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How Fear of Cities Can Blind Us From Solutions to COVID-19

Tracy Hadden Loh and Christopher B. Leinberger

Next City Thursday, April 16, 2020