This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Navajo Nation — a Native American territory that spans Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah in the United States — recently had a 10-day streak of zero COVID-19 related deaths. The population of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Memory cafés are expanding across the United States, mirroring the dramatic increase in Americans who have or are expected to have Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) in coming years. By offering social support and connection, socialization, health,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. People in prison have been 5.5 times more likely to get COVID-19 and have suffered a COVID-19 mortality rate 3 times higher than the general public. Now, new data from UCLA Law’s COVID-19…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. COVID-19 survivors—including those not sick enough to be hospitalized—have an increased risk of death in the six months following diagnosis with the virus, researchers report. As the COVID-19 pandemic has…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. According to the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Asia Pacific region still has 490 million hungry people in their midst, more than any other region. Furthermore, in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The United States is the only advanced economy in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development that does not guarantee any paid family and medical leave to its entire workforce.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the last several weeks, it has become clearer what the post-COVID-19 higher education landscape will look like. The trends that will shape the sector’s future are not new. But…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Inclusive education is defined as a system of learning which includes everyone, and one that can cater to the learning needs of Children with Disabilities (CwD). India has asserted its commitment…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When the pandemic forced K-12 schools to shift to distance learning in March 2020, Brown University’s Annenberg Institute for School Reform made its own shift, leveraging research and financial support…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The times are calling us to find and address root causes: A global pandemic, deepening inequities, worsening natural disasters, a tsunami of species extinctions, rising authoritarianism around the world, and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. More than half of the adult members of Navajo Nation have been vaccinated against COVID-19, according to a press release. The 300,000-member strong community has surpassed the general rate of vaccination…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There are a few common identity milestones that transgender, or trans, people experience across their lives. One is starting to feel different than the sex assigned to them at birth.…