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A young woman is shown wearing a face mask and backpack while holding a laptop.

Discussion: Mental health concerns for students of color heightened amid the coronavirus

Health & Medicine

Young people of color around the world confront serious challenges and systemic inequalities in higher education that are only exacerbated amid the pandemic. This panel discussion, moderated by GBH News’ Phillip Martin, addressed the mental health challenges for young people of color navigating today’s campus climate, social distancing protocols and remote learning experiences.

A long line of people are shown wearing face masks with wall painted with graffiti in the distance.

Discussion: What’s driving the latest coronavirus surges?

Coronavirus Conversations
Several people are shown through a stone window with metal bars on it walking.

ICE says international students must take classes in person; TikTok planning to pull out of Hong Kong; More students return to school in South Africa

Top of The World
A man is shown wearing medical protective clothing and a face mask while holding open a plastic door.

Discussion: Are countries prepared for a coronavirus surge?

Coronavirus Conversations
Two medical professionals are shown wearing protective gowns and face masks and pulling a gurney.

Discussion: How hospitals are confronting the coronavirus crisis

COVID-19
Two children are shown wearing matching stripped sweaters and running past a poster featuring a large stop sign.

Discussion: The measles outbreak — why vaccines matter

Why has there been a resurgence of measles around the world despite being preventable by vaccine? The US officially eliminated measles nearly 20 years ago. Yet, in 2019, more than 1,100 cases have been reported. In partnership with The Forum at Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health, The World’s Elana Gordon moderated a live discussion looking at the drivers of the 2019 outbreaks on Thursday, Sept. 12.

“Tear down the walls of ignorance and narrow-mindedness,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel told graduates at the 368th commencement ceremony at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 30, 2019.

From ‘mein Mädchen’ to ‘leader of the free world,’ Angela Merkel is winding down her political career

Leaders

Since the election of Donald Trump, Germany’s leader Angela Merkel has been seen as an important global voice for Western liberal values. Her legacy is mixed, and it’s unclear who will fill her shoes on the global political stage.

A smaller metal gurney is shown next to a larger one in the hallway of a maternity ward at the University of Alabama Hospital.

Discussion: Why are more US mothers dying and what can be done?

Health & Medicine

Maternal mortality has dropped around the world but deaths related to pregnancy and childbirth doubled in the United States between 2000 and 2014. In partnership with Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health and WGBH News, we explored why more mothers dying and what can be done.

People are shown protesting against hate carrying flags and a brightly colored placard.

The spread of hate and racism — confronting a growing public crisis

Conflict & Justice

According to the FBI, In 2017, reports of hate crimes in the United States increased for the third consecutive year.

A drummer performs during a celebration of Sahrul, a festival of flowers, in Ranchi, India. Recently, the findings were released from a study that played snippets of songs from 86 small remote societies to online listeners in 60 countries to see if shares

New findings explore the universality of music, features that are recognizable across cultures

Arts

Take away the words and familiar instruments. Would you still be able to identify a type of song just by the melody or rhythm of a song?