This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Torrential downpours and subsequent mudslides in the crowded capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kinshasa, earlier this week are expected to worsen the cholera outbreak that has held…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Food security is, and will continue to be, one of our greatest ongoing development challenges. We not only need to provide food and nutrition for a growing global population, but…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In December 2015, the education world in Washington, D.C. crowded into Eisenhower Executive Office Building’s auditorium at the White House to celebrate President Barack Obama’s signing of the Every Student…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Twenty-two research-based biopharmaceutical companies invested more than $2 billion in research and development to counter antimicrobial resistance in 2016, according to a survey released Thursday, potentially upending widespread perceptions that the private sector…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Rajiv Shah, the former USAID administrator, and president of the Rockefeller Foundation, reflects on the role of philanthropy in times of austerity and the greatest challenges Rockefeller is undertaking both…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The dual mission of the National Park Service is “to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein and to provide for the enjoyment…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. January brought some of the most brutally cold weather in years to the eastern U.S. In Elgin, Ill., Greg Schiller recognized the threat such cold posed to the area’s many…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In a speech Tuesday at the American Enterprise Institute, U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos made the case for giving up on the type of school improvement efforts favored by Presidents…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The vast majority of learning environments have remained the same since the Industrial Revolution, because they were made in its image. Think of your own experience: sit down; don’t talk;…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Do you understand systemic and historical underpinnings of racial inequities in our society today? You can study how racial inequity is showing up in your county through the website, www.racecounts.org. Consider what…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. President Trump has announced his intent to unveil an infrastructure initiative this in January 2018. Although details are lacking, the initiative is expected to include $200 billion of federal spending…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Reproductive Health Uganda is one of Uganda’s leading NGOs providing services related to sexual health and reproductive rights, but it now faces a number of challenges to its work, including a…