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This article highlights the research and tracking efforts of Emily Oster.

In this interview, Mark Blyth discusses assumptions that have been made about economic theory.

Wendy Schiller in The Guardian, "The party presidential nominating system tends to produce nominees who are older because of the type of electoral political experience typically required of successful nominees and the networking that is involved with state party activists over time to win state primaries."

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

Stephen Kinzer writes in the Boston Globe, "That's why foreign governments and entire populations watch our elections with shifting combinations of hope and trepidation. As Americans head to the polls, who in the wider world is rooting for President Trump? Who hopes for Joe Biden?"

Ashutosh Varshney offered commentary on the identity politics of Kamala Harris.

This column references data collected by Opportunity Insights, led by John Friedman.

This article highlights the research and tracking efforts of Emily Oster.

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

In this interview, Emily Oster talks about balancing health concerns against the need for in-person instruction, the federal government's role in guiding school policies and the COVID-19 School Response Dashboard she helped create.

In this interview, Emily Oster provides the data behind the possibility for day cares to operate safely.

Mark Blyth in CBS News, "Trump has got a lot more left than people give him credit for."

In this article, Mark Blyth provided commentary on Trump's "politics of recognition."

Robert Blair in the Boston Globe, "All you really have to do is listen to the president's words, and it should be very clear that, barring an absolutely indisputable landslide on November 3, Trump is almost certainly going to contest the results of the election."

This article cites Emily Oster's suggestion that schools tend to reflect the community rate of infection.

Rich Arenberg in Veja Brazil, "Having a majority in the Senate makes a lot of difference for a president when it comes to appointing Supreme Court justices and other positions, since the Senate must approve the nomination with a simple majority."

Emily Oster is mentioned in this article: "A group of researchers, spearheaded by Brown University Professor Emily Oster, have...made available the most comprehensive database on schools and COVID case rates for students and staff since the pandemic started."

This article reveals information collected by David Kertzer about newly available Vatican documents.

In this radio segment, Wendy Schiller discusses mail-in-ballots.

In this interview, Jeff Colgan speaks with Rebecca Listener, assistant professor at the Naval War College, on climate change and U.S./China relations.

Rob Blair co-authored this column urging people to make a plan to vote — and protest, if necessary.

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A Sawyer Seminar grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will fund a series of Brown University-based events and community partnerships focused on migration from and within Latin America and the Caribbean.

This article cites Emily Oster and her national COVID-19 dashboard.

This article cites Richard Arenberg and his book, which defends the filibuster.

This article cites Emily Oster, "Brown University economist Emily Oster, on nearly 200,000 schoolchildren, in 47 states, showed a confirmed COVID-19 infection rate of 0.19 percent among students and 0.65 percent among staff who have been in school full time at full capacity."

Wendy Schiller in TIME, [Personal Behavior] "seems to be the one area where Republicans and candidates can distance themselves and show that they're not Trump, that they're individually well behaved, that they're individually responsible."

Emily Oster offered commentary in this article.

Richard Arenberg offered commentary in this article.

Rose McDermott provided commentary on the historical legacy of presidents' health.

In this radio interview, Emily Oster discusses making tough parenting choices and how to think about reopening schools.

In this podcast, Prerna Singh discusses the eradication of smallpox in India and China.

This article cites Emily Oster and her dashboard tracking COVID transmissions in about 1,100 schools across the country.

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

This article mentions Emily Oster and her partnership with data analytics company Qualtrics. Together they created a reliable COVID-19 database utilizing reports from schools across the country.

In this op-ed, Stephen Kinzer responds to a reader's challenge on the U.S. government's honorable or well-intentioned actions beyond borders.

In this interview, Emily Oster discusses her recent article that found schools are not an outsized vector for the coronavirus.

Citing the Costs of War report, this article delves into the unfolding humanitarian crisis and a security force targeting civilians in Burkina Faso.

This article cites Emily Oster on the spread of infection in schools and data sourced from her National COVID-19 School Response Dashboard.

Mark Blyth co-wrote this article on the financial response to the COVID-19 recession.

This article references David Kertzer's recent findings at the Vatican.

In this article written by Emily Oster, she discusses COVID-19 infection rates in schools across the U.S.

Emily Oster in CNN, "It looks like some people get Covid elsewhere and they're at school, so it's not that there's no Covid, but rates are low compared to what people would expect."

Mark Blyth appeared in this podcast interview.

In this Q&A, Emily Oster discusses some of the research she's been conducting, especially around coronavirus in schools.

In this article, Wendy Schiller offered commentary on incumbent Senator Jack Reed.

This article cites the Climate Solutions Lab (CSL), directed by Jeff Colgan.

Emily Oster in CNN, "The process of opening schools doesn't seem to be driving epidemics outside of the school. These risks may be lower than people thought."