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Editor's note
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Americans across the country are increasingly finding bare shelves at their local grocery stores as the coronavirus crisis worsens. Fortunately, the U.S. food supply remains bountiful, and those shelves are quickly being replenished, thanks to a small army of migrant workers toiling on farms across the country.
But, as Drake University sociologist Michael Haedicke explains, these mostly undocumented laborers are particularly vulnerable to exposure to COVID-19. This in turn endangers the nation’s food supply.
And, is the coronavirus forcing you to make difficult choices? Is it OK to hire someone to shop for you? Should you break up a group of teens refusing to social distance? Our experts will help you navigate through these and many other ethical questions that you may have in these times. Send your questions to us-ethicalquestions@theconversation.com.
Also today:
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Bryan Keogh
Senior Editor, Economy + Business
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Top story
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A farmworker picks lemons at an orchard in Mesa, California.
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Michael Haedicke, Drake University
The US food supply depends on several million agricultural laborers, who are mostly undocumented, tend to work in close quarters and lack medical insurance.
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Health
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Katherine Seley-Radtke, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
The president promoted the combination of hydroxychloroquine and an antibiotic for treating COVID-19. But a new study suggests it provides no benefits.
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Politics + Society
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Raymond Scheppach, University of Virginia
Federal government officials are on television almost every day responding to the coronavirus pandemic. But it's the nation's governors who are taking aggressive action in the states.
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Rebecca Tippett, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
How accurate will the 2020 census be? A demographer explains which communities are hard to count, how the coronavirus could affect the process and what's at stake.
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David Pyrooz, University of Colorado Boulder; Scott H. Decker, Arizona State University
Gangs are still a significant reality in US prisons. But most inmates say that their power has been watered down, and they no longer rule facilities with an iron fist.
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Andrew Kettler, University of California, Los Angeles
Coroanvirus has ended politics as normal. What will campaigning look like without handshaking, high fives and the kissing of babies?
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Economy + Business
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Donald T. Tomaskovic-Devey, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Eric Hoyt, University of Massachusetts Amherst; JD Swerzenski, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Rodrigo Dominguez-Villegas, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Service workers are some of the most at risk of both the coronavirus and financial woes.
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Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston University
Some economists are predicting joblessness to surpass the record level experienced at the height of the Great Depression.
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Charles Sellen, Indiana University; Fabrice Jaumont, Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme (FMSH) – USPC
The response by Chinese donors to this pandemic so far illustrates how the country's philanthropy is beginning to go global.
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Education
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Samantha Keppler, University of Michigan
From health care to social work, America's public schools bridge many gaps for children and their families.
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Environment + Energy
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Dana Hawley, Virginia Tech; Julia Buck, University of North Carolina Wilmington
Using distance to avoid getting sick has deep evolutionary roots for humans and many other species.
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From our international editions
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Bruno Dupeyron, University of Regina
The U.S. wanted to use the coronavirus pandemic as a reason to send the military to its northern border. The idea is part of America's desire to "Mexicanize" the world's longest undefended border.
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Stephanie Baker, University of Johannesburg; Angeline Leece; Jesse Martin, La Trobe University; Matthew Caruana, University of Johannesburg; Prof. Andy I.R. Herries, La Trobe University; Renaud Joannes-Boyau, Southern Cross University
This is a hugely important find. It means that one of our earlier ancestors possibly originated in southern Africa.
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Rachael Rigby, Lancaster University
Evidence from a new study could help scientists develop drugs to neutralise the 'allergic antibodies' that cause anaphylaxis.
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