This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea The discontinuation of the Biden administration’s monthly payments of the child tax credit could leave millions…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For decades, our civil justice system has been inaccessible and inequitable to millions of people. These inequalities have only grown more severe during the COVID-19 pandemic, even as that system has become more…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Aurora schools decided to shorten their quarantine period to five days, aligning with new state and federal guidelines, school nurses found out almost at the same time that families did.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Incarcerated people must pay for basic necessities such as phone calls, soap, and medicine, to say nothing of “luxury” items such as books. But how are consumer rights and protections…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Young people are largely unaware of the risk of contracting sexually transmitted infections, or STIs, through…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Year after year, America’s drug overdose crisis is worsening. In the 12-month period ending in June 2021, the most recent period for which there is reliable data, more than 101,000…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In November, Aspen Words announced the longlist for the fifth annual Aspen Words Literary Prize, a $35,000 award recognizing a work of fiction that addresses a vital social issue. The selected books explore questions…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Americans have an enduring, though contradictory, fondness for local institutions. On the whole, it can be summed up as “it’s bad out there, but it’s fine where I am.” Polls…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The power of children’s stories resides largely in its audience: in how open young people are to new ideas. Their drive to experiment is familiar to any parent: Children invent…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. With the Build Back Better plan (BBB) currently facing an uncertain future in the Senate, substantial investments in children that would expand on earlier pandemic responses also hang in the balance. The House-passed Build Back…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For homicide detectives, 2020 brought good news and bad news. On the one hand, police across the nation solved more murders — in absolute numbers — than in any year…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The American Rescue Plan Act could do more to tackle racial wealth inequality, argues professor Goldburn P. Maynard Jr. While the American Rescue Plan Act provided a major infusion of…