This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Beyond the obvious health crisis precipitated by COVID-19, the pandemic has sparked massive unemployment – more than 9 million American workers are still out of work – which, in turn, has exacerbated…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. America’s longstanding achievement gaps have been made more acute by the learning losses of the COVID-19 crisis. As a response, we have seen an increasingly strong admonition that states and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since 2018, a land area six times the size of New York City has been destroyed by loggers and miners operating illegally along the Xingu River in Brazil’s Amazon region.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Every year, human civilization churns out ever more dangerous quantities of greenhouse gases. Every day we see and feel the increasing effects of a growing climate crisis that impacts people’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. You’d be hard-pressed to find many positives from Melbourne’s latest, six-week COVID-19 lockdown. But increased economic and employment opportunities for migrant, refugee, and asylum seeker women is one of them.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. RAND economist Evan Peet had spent his career working to improve infant and child health in developing nations around the world. He was stunned when he saw the numbers coming out of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed many inequities in our global society, and not just with regards to vaccine access. In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) where access to food and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “The vaccination gap still looks a lot like America’s political divide,” Chuck Todd, Mark Murray and Carrie Dann report for NBC News. “There continue to be Two Americas when it comes…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When the coronavirus hit the Federal Bureau of Prisons last year, the senior official responsible for overseeing health care and safety in all of the more than 120 lockups was…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Air pollution contributes to as many as 9 million premature deaths worldwide each year – twice as many as war, other violence, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined. Fine particulate matter…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A recently released working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research by Analisa Packham of Vanderbilt University examined the impact of needle exchange programs (referred to as Syringe Exchange Programs or…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. While COVID-19 is well known for its physical impact, the rippling effect of the pandemic is taking an equally large toll on mental health. A survey conducted by the Kaiser Family…