This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. No health worker should have to choose between treating their patients and keeping themselves and their families safe. However, as the global shortage and inequitable distribution of personal protective equipment (PPE) continues,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Being food-insecure – unable to get enough nutritious food to meet your needs – can take a toll on your health. So Dayton Children’s Hospital has begun to screen its…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Across the country, the COVID-19 pandemic has led not only to dire health consequences but also an economic emergency in low-wealth and vulnerable communities. This economic impact is being felt…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Members of the University of Michigan’s Sustainable Food Systems Initiative reviewed recent academic papers that discuss the United Nations goal of ending hunger and malnutrition worldwide by 2030. They reviewed…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Simultaneous crises of a pandemic and recession are further straining a special education system that has long struggled to effectively serve students with disabilities. Chronic shortfalls in federal funding have…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Bahar Aliakbarian, Michigan State University Bahar Aliakbarian is an expert in supply chain management in pharmaceuticals and a professor at the School of Packaging at Michigan State University. Below, she…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Weaving through the barren roads of North Memphis, Tennessee, I drive past rows of blighted homes, a tattered gas station with the sole grocery store, and a few bus stops…
Police and prisons don’t make us feel safe, argues Zach Norris, Executive Director, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights. Rather, what matters are relationships and community. Norris believes in the power…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s hard to remember, in the midst of a calamitous global pandemic, that people around the globe are healthier now than they were just a few decades ago. We’re smoking less,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Up to 80 percent of the labor force in low-income countries works in agri-food, mostly on the farm. In high-income countries, the proportion is still about 10 percent, more than…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When educators describe their frenzied switch to remote learning in the spring, most talk about being caught off guard. Some mention how little they knew then—about virtual learning, as well…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nine out of 10 people in dozens of poor nations could miss out on getting vaccinated against Covid-19 next year because rich countries have hoarded far more doses than they…