This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The transition back to life and work after the COVID-19 pandemic is going to be a tricky one. People are scared. Folks have gotten used to working from home. School…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Hospitalizations and deaths among young people are increasing as the COVID-19 pandemic accelerates in the Americas, Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), warned on Wednesday. “Adults…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Last month, we attended and presented at PEAK Grantmaking’s virtual webinar series Narrowing the Power Gap and Implementing Flexible Practices, along with over 100 grantmakers representing diverse segments of philanthropy. The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Bidtah Becker, a citizen of the Navajo Nation, was growing up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, clean water flowed from the taps at her house. She and her siblings often…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Despite decades of government and community efforts to improve health equity in Latinx communities, vast disparities remain. For example, Latinxs are the group least likely to be insured or to report…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Right after Caroline Laur had finished giving thanks for her home, a neighbor at church told her that a company had submitted permit requests to build an asphalt plant in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As funders, our immediate response to the onset of a global pandemic early in 2020 was humanitarian: to increase our support and to provide it in more flexible ways. Now,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed uncomfortable and distressing truths about American society: namely, the struggle many Americans face just getting by. Yet, while the pervasive food insecurity that has always…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Special education means that students with disabilities require specialized support to thrive. Parents, advocates, lawmakers, and educators have raised concerns that this support has been disrupted during the pandemic, causing…
RAND senior policy researcher Ben Preston presents several climate change successes from recent years, including reduced costs to deploy renewable energy, commitment at international, national, state, and local levels to reduce emissions,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “It is unclear whether child-care issues will prevent women from returning to employment as the economy recovers,” wrote economist Betsey Stevenson (University of Michigan) in a July 2020 essay for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Even before the pandemic shunted them into online learning, many high school students failed to see a connection between their work in the classroom and their real-world futures. The rare…