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Protester holds sign reading "Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of our times"
Q+A
An end to Hong Kong as we know it?
Published July 4, 2020
Beijing enacts new security law aimed at stamping out opposition to ruling communist party, extinguishing business interests and fragile democratic freedoms along with it
Shop sign reads "Due to the coronavirus we will be closed until further notice"
Flattening the curve
Individuals practiced physical distancing before state mandates
Published July 1, 2020
New study of cell phone data shows that people in counties hardest hit by the pandemic voluntarily reduced their number of daily trips outside the home to slow the spread of coronavirus
Francis Gavin and Eric Schmidt
Global affairs
Experts imagine a post-pandemic world
Published July 1, 2020
Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at Johns Hopkins hosts a two-day forum exploring our shifting geopolitical landscape
A physician holds a syringe
Q+A
Distributing a COVID-19 vaccine raises complex ethical issues
Published July 1, 2020
Bioethicist Ruth Faden says a vaccine is no 'silver bullet' for ending the pandemic—once a vaccine is developed, complex questions of distribution and access arise
President Trump is flanked by a group of people as they walk from the White House
Politics
Veering toward a civilian-military crisis
Published June 30, 2020
SAIS panelists weigh in on strained civilian-military relations and the risk that domestic politics may damage the perception that U.S. Armed Forces are apolitical
Illustration of the coronavirus surrounding the world
Event preview
Forum explores shifting geopolitical order
Published June 29, 2020
Kissinger Center for Global Affairs convenes experts to discuss what the world will look like in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic
Protesters social distance
Commentary
A philosopher's view of social distancing, protesting
Published June 24, 2020
Hopkins bioethicist Travis Rieder discusses the complex ethical issues surrounding social distancing and protesting / Daily Nous
Baltimore Black Lives Matter protest
Q+A
The persistence of racism in America: What comes next?
Published June 23, 2020
Historian and Baltimore resident Martha Jones discusses the role of Black women in the fight for equality and justice and the overdue need for honest reflection about the roots of a worldwide protest movement
Person holds up 'Black Lives Matter' sign
Hundreds protest police brutality, advocate for change
Published June 19, 2020 Video
More than 200 join protest organized by JHU's Black Faculty and Staff Association to stand in solidarity against racism in policing and call for more black faculty and staff at the university
Illustration of people at home during coronavirus
Q+A
Even amid social distancing, 'vicarious learning' can work
Published June 18, 2020
Whether professionally or personally, humans learn from each others' life experiences all the time. How do we continue doing that during COVID-19?