Top 5: Black voters + lingering COVID-19 symptoms

+ a treaty's racist legacy US Edition - Today's top story: Young Black Americans not sold on Biden, the Democrats or voting [View in browser]( US Edition | 9 August 2020 [The Conversation]( Academic rigor, journalistic flair One of the great things about The Conversation is that [we give all of our content away]( at no charge to anyone who wants to use it. Our goal is to encourage the free flow of reliable information. The [Mozilla Foundation’s Pocket]( website and app, which highlights interesting and valuable items from across the web, is one of the thousands of online places where our work appears. Some of the articles that have found new audiences there cover timely topics, such as how to [stay safe while flying during the pandemic]( and [school responses to the 1918 pandemic](. Others address perennially fascinating questions like [why you should peacefully co-exist with spiders]( and [what rain smells like](. We hope you find these five articles from the past week timely and fascinating and that you’re having a healthy weekend. Joel Abrams Manager, Media Outreach Will young, Black Americans turn out to vote in November? Probal Rashid/LightRocket via Getty Images [Young Black Americans not sold on Biden, the Democrats or voting]( David C. Barker, American University School of Public Affairs; Sam Fulwood III, American University It's a myth that Black voters represent monolithic support for Democrats. A recent survey shows that young Black Americans in swing states have big reservations about Joe Biden, Democrats and voting. The $600 federal jobless benefit expired on July 31. Joe Raedle/Getty Images [Yes, most workers can collect more in coronavirus unemployment than they earn – but that doesn’t mean Congress should cut the $600 supplement]( David Salkever, University of Maryland, Baltimore County The $600 federal jobless benefit may be generous, but that doesn't mean is isn't what workers and the US economy need. - [How the failures of the 1919 Versailles Peace Treaty set the stage for today’s anti-racist uprisings]( Elizabeth Thompson, American University School of International Service Suffering a pandemic and the aftermath of a war that killed 50 million, the world in 1920 faced a turning point as it negotiated a new political order. As today, the key issue was racial inequality. - [Does coronavirus linger in the body? What we know about how viruses in general hang on in the brain and testicles]( William Petri, University of Virginia Some viruses can hide out in the body and reemerge at later times. Which viruses do this, and can the new coronavirus do this too? - [Don’t blame cats for destroying wildlife – shaky logic is leading to moral panic]( William S. Lynn, Clark University; Arian Wallach, University of Technology Sydney; Francisco J. Santiago-Ávila, University of Wisconsin-Madison Framing cats as responsible for declines in biodiversity is based on faulty scientific logic and fails to account for the real culprit – human activity. You’re receiving this newsletter from [The Conversation](. Not interested anymore? [Unsubscribe](. 89 South Street - Suite 202 Boston, MA 02111