This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In recent years, we have collected data on how our community of lean funders is responding to the pandemic. In April 2020, we surveyed members on what they planned to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On Tuesday, legislators in Kansas allowed the state’s Covid-19 disaster emergency declaration to expire. In doing so, Kansas joined a growing number of states halting pandemic-related aid programs before the federal cutoff…
When will the pandemic be over? And who decides that? Two experts have some answers. Julie Swann, the department head and professor of the industrial and systems engineering department at…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh is perhaps one of the most famous people to have experienced bipolar disorder (BD). The story of his talent and creativity, and his experience of…
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated housing insecurity for millions of low- and moderate-income renters. The most recent Census Bureau survey estimates that roughly 7 million renters have fallen behind on rent, with…
The Urban Institute collaborated with the National Birth Equity Collaborative, a national nonprofit organization that creates solutions that optimize Black maternal and infant health, to produce a research brief that…
More than 75 percent of the U.S. population has received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. But throughout the pandemic, communities of color have seen lower rates of…
Coss Marte grew up below the poverty line in New York City. He started smoking marijuana at 11, then began selling crack as a teenager to make a living. By…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nurses of color are suffering disproportionately from emotional distress, induced by fears COVID-19 has engendered and reactions to workplace racism. Researchers are calling the phenomenon a “dual pandemic” because of…
Despite strong evidence that medication is the most effective treatment for opioid use disorder, adolescents and most adults who might benefit from treatment report no medication use, according to a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Artificial intelligence holds great promise for improving human health by helping doctors make accurate diagnoses and treatment decisions. It can also lead to discrimination that can harm minorities, women and…
The pandemic’s traumas and isolation spurred a mental health crisis among children — and an unprecedented reckoning about the role schools can and should play in tending to the mental…