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PSTC biostatistician Joseph Hogan is one author of the editorial that Reuters is summarizing

PSTC economist Emily Oster discusses whether schools are sites of significant COVID-19 transmission.

PSTC Epidemiologist Meghan Ranney comments on the continued hardship that healthcare workers face.

Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial data is “potentially groundbreaking,” according to PSTC epidemiologist Mark Lurie, although he emphasized that we have not yet observed any long-term effects.

Rhode Island To Change State's Controversial Full Name

November 6, 2020 | NPR | Linford Fisher

PSTC historian Linford Fisher sheds light on the colonial context of Providence Plantations, a title that Rhode Islanders voted to remove from the state's full name.

Both Biden and Trump's platform embody different "tropes" of masculinity to pull in voters, according to PSTC anthropologist Matthew Gutmann.

Race, Trump, and BLM

October 30, 2020 | City Journal | Glenn Loury

PSTC economist Glenn Loury argues that current narratives of race and white supremacy "remove agency" from Black Americans by blaming societal factors and ignoring patterns of behavior within the Black community.

PSTC Epidemiologist Megan Ranney comments on the disaster that looms from COVID-19 spreading during Thanksgiving.

PSTC Economist Glenn Loury believes the term "white supremacy" spins a false narrative about a failing America.

The pace of economic recovery during the pandemic is stalling, according to PSTC Economist John Friedman.

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