This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the scheme of the foundation world, the Langeloth Foundation is tiny. Years ago, at a cocktail party, I met someone on the investment side of a large New York-based foundation who…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The fight to save our planet should be about ensuring a long and sustainable future — for everyone. However, as the coronavirus has spread across America, it has laid bare…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “Building back better” requires understanding a community’s needs, ambitions, goals, vulnerability, and capacity. It means local voices must be front and center as plans and decisions are made. But that’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “When the crisis struck in March, we immediately thought: ‘Will we need to tap the brakes?’” Brielle Brewick, an Associate Director of Networks at Leading Educators, reflects. “We thought there…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The higher a person’s income, the more likely they were to protect themselves at the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, a new study finds. When…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the first COVID-19 vaccines are being administered across the United States—developed, tested, and approved with historic speed—countless questions have arisen about what comes next. Is one vaccine better than…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The damage wrought to American education by the COVID-19 pandemic beggars description, and so we are reduced to metaphor: Schools have been hit by an earthquake, a hurricane, a war. There…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When his father died last year of an overdose.Rodney Watson thought he would miss the funeral and his last chance to say goodbye—not because of the pandemic, but because he…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Earlier this year, Anisha Patel, a Stanford University pediatrics professor, started to notice a troubling trend: Child patients at the Atherton California clinic where she works have gained a distressing amount…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Aanika Biosciences, a Brooklyn-based biotechnology company that says it’s able to quickly identify the source of foodborne contaminations—or pathogens—by using genetically engineered bacterial spores that cling to food. Their spores…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Two new studies confirm the efficiency of saliva testing for COVID-19. The findings could rapidly influence global public health policy for testing strategies. “Previous studies on the performance of saliva…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Last year presented many challenges and accelerated a number of shifts that were already underway in K-12 education. Even before the pandemic, broadband and mobile technology was expanding connectivity across…