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Editor's note
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Americans’ lives are shifting in significant ways, every day it seems. But our version of the coronavirus crisis still qualifies as a #firstworldproblem. Syrians have been suffering deeply for years, and their situation is about to get much worse, writes Clark University political scientist Ora Szekely.
She uses her fieldwork in Syria and elsewhere in the Middle East to explain why it’s so hard to resolve the Syrian conflict, which is almost a decade old. Szekely also offers a glimpse of what may happen next, as the pandemic reaches displaced people and refugee camps.
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Politics + Society Editor
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Top story
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Displaced Syrians learn about the danger of the coronavirus to them in their camps.
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Ora Szekely, Clark University
Everyone in Syria is fighting a slightly different war from everyone else, there are outsiders with their own goals – and the coronavirus is about to make everything much worse.
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Health
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Zlatan Krizan, Iowa State University
The time at home from the coronavirus crisis could be an opportunity to let our natural sleep rhythms take over.
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Chen Reis, University of Denver; Lynn Lawry, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Different groups in society can suffer from social distancing practices. That includes higher risk of domestic violence, child abuse and mental health problems.
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Economy + Business
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Andrew Schwartz, University of Colorado Boulder
The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing companies, universities and even the NBA to break contracts. What does the law say about liability in a situation like this, and does the money have to be returned?
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Paula Caligiuri, Northeastern University; Helen De Cieri, Monash University
Companies can play an important role in keeping their workers both productive and mentally and physically healthy during the pandemic.
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Education
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Celeste K. Carruthers, University of Tennessee; Larry Kessler, University of Tennessee; Marianne Wanamaker, University of Tennessee
The economic fallout from COVID-19 will likely harm new workers in distinct ways with long-term effects, three economists say.
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Environment + Energy
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Peter Fox-Penner, Boston University
The US is gradually shifting to lower-carbon energy sources, but the COVID-19 pandemic, an oil price crash and a likely recession are big speed bumps.
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Politics + Society
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Klaus W. Larres, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Germans are struggling like the rest of the world with the coronavirus. And while Germans have a strong safety net and medical system, one thing may fall victim to the virus: relations with the US.
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Steven Mulroy, University of Memphis
Most states have rules that could preserve the integrity of an election while also allowing social distancing.
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Arts + Culture
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Anurag Papolu, The Conversation
From the bird masks of plague doctors and large voluminous skirts to hat pins and face masks, this video provides a quick tour through the history of protective fashion.
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From our international editions
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Simon Mair, University of Surrey
We could use this crisis to rebuild, produce something better and more humane. But we may slide into something worse.
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Bart Beaty, University of Calgary
Neither the Second World War nor 9/11 stopped weekly comic book distribution to comic stores. But COVID-19 means production and distribution is now on hold, and the future of comics is up in the air.
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Bruce Kidd, University of Toronto
An athlete who competed in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics says when the rescheduled Olympics take place, the Games can help rebuild societies in a humanitarian way through the spirit of Olympism.
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