This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In late May, the Small Business Administration stopped processing relief applications from women, veterans, and people of color. Then the agency started rescinding their approvals. When Kazu Fukumoto, the owner of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “On the heels of one of the worst wildfire years on record, the federal government is struggling to recruit and retain staff as firefighters grapple with low wages, trauma and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “The vaccination gap still looks a lot like America’s political divide,” Chuck Todd, Mark Murray and Carrie Dann report for NBC News. “There continue to be Two Americas when it comes…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Workshops that resemble couples therapy left college students less politically polarized, report researchers. Thanks to countless recent surveys and studies, it is now a widely accepted fact that the ideological…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. US sex-education policy is predominantly decided by state governments and has historically supported abstinence-only programs, which can create a hostile environment for LGBTQ students and threaten the health and wellbeing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. By now, most people paying attention to the U.S. criminal justice system have heard about problems with the overuse and misuse of local jails. Chief among these problems are the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Biden administration announced late last week that it would extend the nationwide eviction moratorium one more month, through July 31. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said it intends…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. More older Americans are able to meet their daily care needs without assistance, a report shows, but concerning gaps remained for older Black and Hispanic people. According to the report,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan officially announced earlier this month that the Biden administration will reinterpret the Trump administration’s definition of what constitutes “waters of the United States” – waterways…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Four out of five children in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem whose homes have been demolished by Israeli authorities say they have lost faith that anyone can help…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Derrick Johnson had a makeshift mask. He had the spray bottle of bleach and extra soap that corrections officers provided. But he still spent every day crammed in a unit…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Picture this: two babies born on the same day, maybe even within the same hour, at the Harlem Hospital Center in New York City. One baby, born to a Black…