This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On the road to economic mobility in the United States, inequitable education, health, and employment systems, designed to benefit the few, leave many children and families of color behind, stuck…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A spending proposal in President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan would deny funding for students who choose to attend private-sector career colleges, rather than public community colleges. It’s a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since COVID-19 vaccines became available for children ages 5 to 11 in early November 2021, many families have been lining up to get their school-age kids vaccinated prior to holiday…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The tornadoes that killed dozens Friday and Saturday highlight the importance of local journalism and why we must fight to keep local papers and stations alive, CNN’s Brian Stelter and Paxton Media…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The United States is again at a crossroads of racial reckoning. The death of George Floyd and the 2020 summer of protests for racial justice added new urgency to ongoing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. During the COVID-19 pandemic, many communities have faced unprecedented challenges. No one understands these challenges better than local residents, but they’re often left out of the decisionmaking process. This is particularly true in disinvested…
Since May 2021, people living in counties that voted heavily for Donald Trump during the last presidential election have been nearly three times as likely to die from COVID-19 as…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. An analysis of all 50 states’ school COVID-19 policies finds widespread discordance and variation. The look at policies about masking in schools, requiring COVID-19 vaccines for eligible students and teachers,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 2006, the United Kingdom announced its intention to reform the framework for assessing and funding research. After two rounds of consultations and pilot exercises, the Higher Education Funding Council…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Escalation is a natural tendency in any form of human competition. When such competition entails military confrontation, the pressure to escalate can become intense, and the consequences of escalation can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There is global concern and widespread alarm at the discovery of SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.529, which the World Health Organization (WHO) has called Omicron. The WHO classified Omicron as a “variant of concern”…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the Biden administration tries to build support for new climate and energy policies, a set of studies offers some insights that could help them appeal to the widest audience.…