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Laws enabling citizens to apprehend suspects, which date back to medieval England, were historically used in the US to suppress slave revolts.
Since the state’s first coronavirus case surfaced, trained case investigators have traced the contacts of every person who tested positive. Here’s what else South Carolina got right.
The Education Department is reinterpreting rules Congress wrote for how public school systems should share federal dollars with private schools.
Washington has made all states use these tests to evaluate students, teachers, principals, schools and entire school systems for nearly two decades.
Fear of strangers extends beyond racism and discrimination against people who look like they might come from another place – it includes people who sound different, too.
Nurses on the front lines of a pandemic need education, training and institutional support.
Who is most likely to survive an infection of the new coronavirus? Two immunologists explain that it is those who mount exactly the right immune response – not too weak, not too strong.
All of the senses have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic, not because the senses have changed, but because the world has, writes a sensory historian.
Every time the virus copies itself it makes mistakes, creating a trail that researchers can use to build a family tree with information about where it’s traveled, and when.
Have you ever felt a piercing pain in your head when you eat something cold?
America’s news reports and social media chatter open a window into the nation’s psyche. An AI-based text analysis of these words shows that the coronavirus is driving up familiar social ills.
Rural America has special problems as it copes with the COVID-19 pandemic.
School closings due to COVID-19 could prompt school districts to try to make up for lost time during the summer. An education scholar explores the pros and cons of that scenario.
The coronavirus pandemic is not like other emergencies addressed in custody arrangements. The best advice is to try to collaborate and cooperate – even if that’s difficult.
As long as teachers are creative and resourceful, kids will keep learning. What’s less clear is how schools will make up for the lost time if they remain closed for several months or longer.
Some graphic novels can spur teens’ engagement with social justice issues.
African American voters are indispensable to any Democrat strategy. Given party affiliation is increasingly split down racial lines, is the best tactic to get out the black, anti-Trump vote?
There’s a long history of books being banned from public and school libraries.
South Carolina’s black community has a long history of fighting for democratic rights.
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Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of South Carolina
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Professor of Sociology, University of South Carolina
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Law Student at the University of South Carolina School of Law, Research Assistant for the Excellence in Policing and Public Safety Program, University of South Carolina
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Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of South Carolina
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Assistant Professor of Earth, Ocean & Environment, University of South Carolina
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of South Carolina
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Associate Professor of Nursing, University of South Carolina
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Professor of Family Law, University of South Carolina
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Professor of Philosophy, University of South Carolina
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Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Carolina
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Associate professor, University of South Carolina
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of South Carolina
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Ph.D. Candidate in Biochemistry, University of South Carolina
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Professor of Law, Faculty Director of the Excellence in Policing & Public Safety Program, University of South Carolina
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Associate Professor of Behavioral Sciences, University of South Carolina
