During a year of extraordinary uncertainty, workers built resilient networks within and across boundaries and distance. An anthropologist explains how these clusters and long-distance ties help people cope, organize and adapt.
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The health harms of pandemic-driven mass unemployment will persist for decades, even after people find new jobs.
Job loss and reduced earnings can exacerbate existing power imbalances trans people may face in their personal relationships.
Debt relief would improve Caribbean states’ response to global crises.
Putting a dollar value on human lives to compare the costs and benefits of stay-at-home orders can have unintended consequences. These researchers found a different way.
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Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Demography, Penn State
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Ph.D. Candidate in Communication, UMass Amherst
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Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Colorado Denver
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Stanton Research Professor in Economics, Bentley University
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Associate Professor in Nursing and Public Health, University of Michigan
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PhD Candidate, Geography and Planning, Queen's University, Ontario
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Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan
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Senior Lecturer, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, University of Tasmania
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Executive Director, Undergraduate Career Services, Indiana University
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Associate Professor of Marketing, Tasmanian School of Business and Economics, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Sociology and University of Calgary Research Excellence Chair, University of Calgary
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Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Employment Equity, UMass Amherst
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Research Assistant, Center for Employment Equity, UMass Amherst
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Professor and Director of Center for Health Economics & Policy Studies, San Diego State University
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Professor of Sociology and Statistics, University of California, Los Angeles