This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan includes a proposal to upgrade the U.S. drinking water distribution system by removing and replacing dangerous lead pipes. As a geochemist and environmental health researcher…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. More than a year since the COVID-19 pandemic halted life as we knew it, the world is now in a very different place. There are now eight vaccine candidates approved for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the U.S., only about 31.6 percent of eligible people were fully vaccinated as of Monday morning, and that number varies a lot from place to place — 23.8 percent of Alabamians…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Some would-be first-year students stayed home out of fear they’d contract the virus or spread it to vulnerable family members. Others stuck around to support siblings with online learning. And…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the importance of child care, particularly home-based child care (HBCC), a sector that has historically had a central but often overlooked role in supporting children…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The world is watching in horror as Covid-19 overwhelms hospitals in India. It is hard to look away as images of open-air crematoriums and makeshift funeral pyres in public parks…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Unfortunately, this was a problem long before COVID-19. About 20 percent of students need mental health services, with the onset of half of cases occurring by age 14, and only a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Life throws change at all stages. Think back to childhood years, and maybe it was a house move, or changing from middle school to high school and then if you were fortunate enough, college. Then,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Few of us would argue that engaging students in the arts — visual, music, dance — is an important part of school. It’s well documented that arts engagement supports academic and…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Experts at the Migration Policy Institute analyze how the cultural and linguistic competencies of immigrant and refugee health professionals could be better utilized to provide care to a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 crisis cost women around the world $800 billion in lost income in 2020, Oxfam said on Thursday, as it demanded steps to tackle gender inequality. Women, overrepresented in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the Frontline documentary “Growing Up Poor in America,” 13-year old Ohioan Shawn and his mother and baby sister were subsisting on $885 a month in benefits during the early…