This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Your passion always has been creating businesses that improve people’s lives. As we emerge into a post-COVID world, and given the growing inequities exacerbated by the pandemic, what is the…
In 2017, our analysis of medical copays in prisons across the country brought to light the common but utterly backwards practice of charging incarcerated people unaffordable fees for their health care. At…
In April of this year, the Oxford Business group released its “Agriculture in Africa 2021: Focus Report”. This report outlines the region’s export potential and food security challenges in the…
Traditionally, world leaders have focused on cutting emissions in large, developed countries. Too little attention has been paid to energy-poor countries, home to half the world’s population but far fewer…
No one gave a second thought to the safety of dining out before the pandemic. Fast-forward to today, and it’s normal to wonder whether there is a city, state or…
By using county-level data, researchers have found that different demographic groups are vulnerable to COVID-19 in different ways—often depending on their geographic location. What they discovered was that not all…
The researchers base their analysis on a systematic review of 422 studies around the world that included over 7 million participants. There was evidence of the adverse effects of ageism…
Mental health challenges, economic insecurity, and parental abuse became a routine part of life for a staggering share of high school students during the pandemic, data released Thursday by the…
About half of Montana schools that had tested their water by mid-February under a new state rule had high levels of lead, according to state data. But the full picture…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. You can be optimistic without being uncritically positive. This doesn’t mean you don’t allow yourself to think about the range of real climate possibilities that are terrifying. I have those…
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea The total treatment costs for American Indian and Alaska Native older adults with dementia are US$2,943…
UNFPA is sounding the alarm on a human rights crisis that has ramifications for women, societies, and the world in light of its 2022 State of World Population report, Seeing the…