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"Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool" by Emily Oster is included in this listicle.

On September 26, Stephen Kinzer will be presented with the 2020 Peace Leadership Award from Massachusetts Peace Action.

This article draws on data analysis by John Friedman, co-director of Opportunity Insights.

This column draws from research gathered by David Kertzer.

This column discusses research by, and the opinions of, Mark Blyth.

In this article, Brian Atwood discusses global health, development, and specific programs previously created to help prevent pandemics.

Continuing coverage: This column draws on data analysis by John Friedman, co-director of Opportunity Insights.

This article includes commentary from Emily Oster.

Deborah Gordon offered commentary on California's Midway-Sunset field, where many surface oil spills occur.

Stephen Kinzer penned this column arguing that the American campaign against Venezuelan socialist leader Nicolás Maduro is only hurting the people of the country.

Emily Oster penned this column about working from home and reopening workplaces.

In this article, Deborah Gordon said a switch to electric vehicles should not make Houstonians who rely on the petrochemical industry nervous.

This piece discusses training courses based on a curriculum on COVID-19 prevention, triage, and treatment, developed by Project HOPE and the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies.

This column discusses, "Angrynomics," co-authored by Mark Blyth.

In this article, Deborah Gordon offered commentary on the business of the oil industry.

This article, written by Reid Pauly, explains the importance of 'war games,' or the practice of simulating crisis in order to achieve a level of preparedness.

In this podcast interview, Emily Oster discusses the data behind decisions on everything from sending children back to school to flying on an airplane.

Jeff Colgan penned this article on the idea of severing supply chains, trade relationships, and financial links with China, and the effect it would have on the environment.

In this article, Jeff Colgan offered commentary on OPEC.

In this article, Wendy Schiller offered commentary on Colorado's Senate race.

In this interview, Richard Arenberg appeared on "Dan Yorke State of Mind" to discuss the presidential election and how it may affect local elections.

Emily Oster offers commentary on reopening schools during the pandemic.

Wendy Schiller offered commentary on the Rhode Island state primary.

Visiting Scholar Jo-Anne Hart penned this opinion piece about the potential for deep virtual connection between students and faculty.

Emily Oster offered commentary on unclear outcomes in studies on caffeine and pregnancy.

Emily Oster penned this opinion piece on how Halloween is still possible this year, if the public adopts the right precautions.

This article notes that in 2017, a team of economists led by John Friedman published a paper that issued "mobility report cards" to more than 2,000 American colleges and universities, grading each one on its effectiveness in elevating low-income students into the upper middle class and beyond.

This article mentions that Emily Oster and a team of researchers are partnering to create a nationwide database that maps schools' pandemic responses across the United States.

This article states, "At least 37 million people have been displaced as a direct result of the wars fought by the United States since Sept. 11, 2001, according to a new report from Brown University's Costs of War project."

This column focuses on Angrynomics, co-authored by Mark Blyth.

In this article, Wendy Schiller offered commentary on voting by mail.

Stephen Kinzer penned this column arguing that the bombing of Libya scattered weapons across Africa and worsened instability in the region.

In this article, Emily Oster discusses making informed decisions during the pandemic about sending children back to school.

In this podcast interview, Wendy Schiller analyzes the Kennedy-Markey battle in Massachusetts and the implications of Markey's win.

Richard Arenberg in ABC6, "I believe that the political pressures generated by the continuing COVID-19 pandemic crisis and the deepening economic crisis will likely end in a compromise."

This article references an informal survey on child care centers by Emily Oster.

This editorial draws from information reported by David Kertzer about the newly available Vatican documents.

In this article, David Kertzer offers commentary on Pope Pius' reaction to Nazi-led deportations during World War II.

In this article, David Kertzer details how newly available Vatican documents reveal the private discussions behind both Pope Pius XII's silence about the Nazi deportation of Rome's Jews in 1943 and the Vatican's postwar support for the kidnapping of two Jewish boys whose parents had perished in the Holocaust.

Eric Patashnik wrote this article discussing Biden's political agenda and what it will take to withstand opposition.

This article draws on data from Opportunity Insights, co-directed by John Friedman.

In this article, Wendy Schiller offered commentary on the Democratic and Republican National Conventions.

In this interview, Emily Oster discusses a nationwide database she's helping to create that maps schools' pandemic responses across the United States.

Neta Crawford, co-director of the Costs of War Project, provides commentary in Ozy, "Essentially, you've got a problem every society has: What do you with the violent individual you've trained to be violent, when they are no longer meant to be violent anymore?"

This article discusses ideas and research in Angrynomics, co-authored by Mark Blyth.

In this article, David Kertzer discusses his findings at the Vatican when World War II era archives were unsealed this past spring.

Emily Oster offered commentary on a new report from the United Kingdom about what happened when students returned to school.

Emily Oster discusses how relying on data can help parents make informed decisions during the pandemic.