How stores are adapting to 2020 holiday shopping

Here's what to expect from Black Friday through the rest of the 2020 holiday shopping season, according to marketing professor Ayalla Ruvio.

Caroline Brooks-Michigan State • futurity
Nov. 24, 2020 ~8 min

1 in 3 parents say Thanksgiving outweighs COVID risks

A new poll reveals how American families are trying to balance getting together with family and the risks of spreading or catching COVID-19.

Beata Mostafavi-Michigan • futurity
Nov. 24, 2020 ~9 min


4 steps for planning the holidays during COVID-19

The first thing to know is that planning in-person holiday celebrations during the COVID-19 pandemic really takes 4 weeks. Time to get started now.

Johns Hopkins University • futurity
Nov. 18, 2020 ~9 min

Can college students go home for Thanksgiving safely?

Is it possible to have a safe Thanksgiving with college students coming home? An expert runs down the risks and ways to mitigate them.

Patti Verbanas-Rutgers • futurity
Nov. 17, 2020 ~7 min

This Halloween, trick-or-treating could be down 41%

COVID-19 is having a chilling effect on Halloween plans this year, a new report confirms. But a lot of people are also still unsure of what they'll do.

Kim Ward-Michigan State • futurity
Oct. 28, 2020 ~3 min

This Halloween, trick-or-treating could be down 41%

COVID-19 is having a chilling effect on Halloween plans this year, a new report confirms. But a lot of people are also still unsure of what they'll do.

Kim Ward-Michigan State • futurity
Oct. 28, 2020 ~3 min

85% more peanut allergy anaphylaxis in kids on Halloween

Kids are much more likely to experience anaphylaxis from a nut allergy on Halloween and Easter than on other holidays, research finds.

Liz Goodfellow-Futurity • futurity
Oct. 9, 2020 ~4 min

What did ‘all men are created equal’ mean in 1776?

We tend to interpret "all men are created equal" in the Declaration of Independence to mean individual equality. That's not right, says historian Jack Rakove.

Melissa De Witte-Stanford • futurity
July 2, 2020 ~11 min


More and more people may soon celebrate Juneteenth

"This misconception that the Emancipation Proclamation ended slavery, I think, comes from a misunderstanding of the Civil War." Juneteenth clarifies things.

Kyle Mittan-U. Arizona • futurity
June 19, 2020 ~11 min

This Earth Day, spot plants and animals to boost research

"Sometimes we have very little documentation of what’s right around us. The things you think are mundane might become really important."

Alisson Clark-Florida • futurity
April 20, 2020 ~4 min

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