This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Women have been fighting for equal rights for generations, for the right to vote, the right to control our bodies and the right to equality in the workplace. And these battles have…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Just days after a gunman walked onto campus and killed 17 people, Parkland, Florida student Emma Gonzalez took the podium in Fort Lauderdale with fervor. In a high-profile speech to…
Lindamood Phonemic Sequencing is a curriculum for K-2 students with poor phonological processing (e.g., letter naming, and awareness of the sounds within words). The curriculum provides intense instruction in word-level…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. North America and the Central American countries of the Northern Triangle—El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras—represent one of the world’s most dynamic migration corridors, with millions traveling from, through, or to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Why doesn’t the government do what the people want? After the recent deadly shooting at a Florida high school, many Americans are asking that question about the federal government’s firearms…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. New Communities, other nonprofits and historically black colleges across the South fought for the creation of the 2501 program in 1990, a farm bill initiative designed to help minority farmers through outreach…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Most observers associate the farm bill with food policy, but its conservation section is the single largest source of funding for soil, water and wildlife conservation on private land in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Trump administration wants to show rural communities, which voted for him by wide margins in the 2016 election, they are still on the president’s mind. It suggested a list of broad ideas in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The global system for dealing with the growing financial burden of humanitarian crises has been at breaking point for too long. In 2015, I was asked by the United Nations…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Many have been shocked by the World Bank’s estimate that it would take Brazil more than 260 years to reach the OECD average proficiency in reading and 75 years in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “Falsehood flies, and the Truth comes limping after it,” Jonathan Swift once wrote. It was hyperbole three centuries ago. But it is a factual description of social media, according to an…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In November of last year, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) was a gathering point for prominent voices in technology companies, academic institutions, and government agencies who sat down and…