This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A group of campaigners and lawyers have launched an urgent inquiry exploring the possibility that alleged systemic racism in the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) is impacting maternal health outcomes for ethnic…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, it is revealing holes in policies to support workers’ health and caregiving needs. And people’s starkly different experiences with the disease are creating additional gaps. COVID-19 is revealing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “The ability to control whether and when you become pregnant is a basic human right, since pregnancy and childbirth have enormous implications for social and economic life trajectories,” says Maria…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Implementing a comprehensive, standards-aligned curriculum is a complex undertaking, even in a typical, in-person classroom. There are new pedagogical approaches to consider, texts and topics to unpack, instructional shifts to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Last spring, as Congress scrambled to make it easier for cafeterias to adapt to the curbside era, it waived limitations on school meals that effectively allowed all schools to provide…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How many people have been released from prisons and jails specifically because of efforts to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in correctional facilities and surrounding communities? Despite our ability to track overall correctional…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics just released its Employment Situation Summary for the month of January, showing that the labor market’s path toward a recovery lost steam over the past few…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. President Biden’s plan calls for $50 billion to scale up COVID-19 testing to support safe school reopening and protect at-risk populations like those in prisons and long-term care facilities. The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After their introduction more than 80 years ago, antibiotics saved millions of lives, transforming health care. Now, though, the ubiquitous use of these “wonder drugs” has led to the natural…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. he coronavirus has devastated the world and killed about 2.3 million people globally. It has infected more than 100 million others, and new variants threaten another surge in cases even as vaccines…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Two new coal-fired power plants, PLTU 9 and 10, are being constructed in Suralaya, Indonesia to provide an additional 2,000 MW of installed electricity capacity. Seven coal-fired units already operate…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The small Himalayan country of Bhutan, mainly known for measuring national happiness instead of GDP, is the only carbon-negative country on the planet. Believe it or not, it has only had one…