This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Amoretta Morris joined The Annie E. Casey Foundation in 2013 as a senior associate responsible for overseeing the Family-Centered Community Change initiative. In 2016, she was named director of the foundation’s national community strategies, in which…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In a historic first, the United Nations will host the inaugural Food Systems Summit on Thursday, uniting global leaders in a drive to find novel ways to produce healthy fare for the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As we wrote last week, we’re substantially growing our overall giving in Global Health and Wellbeing, with the bar in that broad portfolio continuing to be set by the cost-effective, evidence-backed charities…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Allie Young is a citizen of the Diné Navajo Nation from the Northern Agency of the reservation in Northern New Mexico. She is founder of Protect the Sacred, which educates and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As winter begins and the holidays are in full swing, the COVID-19 pandemic has entered another worrying phase. Emergence of the omicron variant, along with increasing rates of infections, have…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The world may soon have more voice assistants than people—yet another indicator of the rapid, large-scale adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) across many fields. The benefits of AI are significant:…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Asphalt is a near-ubiquitous substance—it’s found in roads, on roofs, and in driveways—but its chemical emissions rarely figure into urban air quality management plans. Common road and roofing asphalts produce…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This year, as we turn to philanthropic giving and think about how we can better invest in our communities, it is crucial that we center Black women and their lived…
What does it mean to “trust in science”? Which messages have we chosen to trust in the age of COVID-19? How have we sourced these messages, and how have evolving…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Rural women have less access to maternity and childbirth services, a trend only made worse by the coronavirus pandemic and one that contributes to higher mother and child mortality rates…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “We stopped doing heads.” It was the second time I’d heard a medical examiner say this while I was studying how the roles of medical examiners and coroners have changed…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On the frosty morning of Dec. 9, 1921, in Dayton, Ohio, researchers at a General Motors lab poured a new fuel blend into one of their test engines. Immediately, the…