This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. 2020 was arguably one of the most difficult years in American history, challenging our resilience and surfacing enduring and systemic challenges to our collective health and well-being. As we continue…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For many people, trying to get the COVID-19 vaccine has been a lesson in frustration. The vaccine supply is limited in many areas, creating confusion over who can get a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since early November, a military escalation in the Tigray region of Ethiopia has caused widespread violence and displaced hundreds of thousands of people. I arrived in Tigray, Mekele with the first first…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In late July 2019, a group of migrant farmworkers from south Texas was working in a cornfield in DeWitt County, Ill., when suddenly a crop duster flew overhead, spraying them…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The old bromide “whatever goes up must come down” applies as much to markets as to objects tossed in the air, which is to say that while economic downturns may…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new year, a new Congress, and a new administration in the White House have raised hopes around a familiar issue: infrastructure. For decades, federal lawmakers across both parties have…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Despite COVID-19 risks and high unemployment rates last year, employers wanted to fill more jobs filled with H-2A guest workers in 2020. Usually, high unemployment rates decrease the demand for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. College faculty are concerned the pandemic is widening gaps in student success and equity, per a recent survey of more than 850 instructors teaching introductory courses. The instructors, who represent more than…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nearly half a decade has passed since the water crisis in Flint captured the attention of America, during which toxic water was delivered to a city of nearly 100,000 people for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Notwithstanding what a bad year 2020 was, when people said they “couldn’t wait for 2021,” I was skeptical. Why did they think that circumstances would change on December 31, 2020,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Despite their local impact, rural public colleges have received less per student in state appropriations than the national average, which includes state flagships and research institutions. Their tuition revenue is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. South Africa’s health department confirmed on Friday that the country is paying $5.25 per dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine – 2.5x more than what European Union members are set to…