Perspectives

The latest episode of the “Show Me the Science” podcast looks at people who have had COVID-19 and struggle for months with heart problems, shortness of breath, fatigue or loss of smell. Hear about how doctors are trying to help them return to something closer to pre-COVID life.

In this Q&A, evolutionary biologist Swanne Gordon, assistant professor in Arts & Sciences, discusses her research on natural diversity and her experience as a Black person in academia.

The US has far less mobility and equality of opportunity today than almost the entire European Union, writes the Brown School’s Mark Rank.

We are asking a court for protection from Trump’s sanctions against the International Criminal Court, writes the School of Law’s Leila Sadat.

Actually, very few workers are paid based on their job performance, writes Jake Rosenfeld in the Washington Post.

In a message to the WashU community, Chancellor Andrew D. Martin shares how in the past year, we have proven the resilience of our community, our commitment to caring for people, and our ability to act quickly and selflessly in support of the greater good. He reflects on how much we’ve lost and how far we’ve come.

Jessica Gold, MD, assistant professor of psychiatry at the School of Medicine, who writes about mental health and the media, discusses a TV episode that explores how parents talk with their children about the news related to COVID-19.

Without protection, girls are more likely to experience sexual violence, unwanted pregnancies, forced marriage, physical abuse and exploitation, with little access to resources that can promote resilience, writes the Brown School’s Lindsay Stark in The Conversation.

Eileen G’Sell, lecturer in college writing, reviews “Test Pattern,” which she says chronicles a biracial courtship and coupledom as a means of probing larger power asymmetries.

Travis Crum, of the School of Law, writes on the Election Law Blog about a major voting rights case that the Supreme Court heard this week, Brnovich v. DNC, and the questions it raises about how race and political party factor into the law being challenged.