Perspectives

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.

David Cunningham, chair of sociology in Arts & Sciences, discusses 1960s KKK rallies and police crackdowns in this piece in The Conversation.

Psychiatrist Jessica Gold discusses how to chat with your children about COVID-19 in this piece in Forbes.

Nancy Reynolds, associate professor in Arts & Sciences and a historian of the modern Middle East, writes about the 10th anniversary of what came to be known as the Arab Spring in Egypt and the need to “embrace analytical untidiness” and complexity to fully understand it.

Artist Tim Portlock, professor and chair of undergraduate art at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, discusses the immersive digital cityscapes he creates, the tools he uses and what has inspired his work.

The latest episode of the “Show Me the Science” podcast explores the need for health-care providers and others to maintain mental health and exercise self-care during these trying times.

Andrea Katz, at the School of Law, writes an article about the process of impeachment and why Congress no longer effectively serves as a check on the president’s power.