This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is accumulating genetic mutations, one of which may have made it more contagious, according to a study of more than 5,000 patients in Houston,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In portions of rural America, residents lack access to safe wastewater sanitation. Without proper infrastructure, people on septic systems, mobile-home owners, and even those attached to sewer systems may end…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Among educators’ greatest challenges with the pandemic-driven transition to remote learning is tracking attendance and participation. Doing so can be challenging in a virtual environment, particularly if learning is taking…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Several large universities are planning to increase coronavirus testing in the spring after seeing outbreaks in the fall. The University of Florida, the University of South Carolina, and the University…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 2019, about 567,715 homeless people were living in the United States. While this number had been steadily decreasing since 2007, in the past two years it has started to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. November has brought encouraging news about several COVID-19 vaccines. But members of the general public will probably not be vaccinated before the spring or summer of 2021 at the earliest.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Hundreds of thousands of Poles have taken to the streets since late October, defying bans on mass gatherings and risks from the COVID-19 pandemic to protest the government. An immediate…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Philanthropies are used to planning for the future as a vital part of their success, so the uncertain times brought on by COVID-19 are especially challenging. The Monitor Institute of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This year has been an exhausting year of multiple intersectional crises. We’ve seen everything from earthquakes in Puerto Rico to ravenous wildfires on the West Coast, all amidst a global…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The year 2020 marked the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, an agenda considered a landmark for advancing gender equality. Unfortunately, 2020 also ushered in a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A national survey of 1,444 McKinney-Vento education liaisons in 49 states shows a 28% drop in the identification of homeless students compared to fall 2019, amounting to an estimated 420,000 fewer children…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated America’s nursing homes, but the reasons aren’t as simple as people might think. To understand how nursing homes became the source of over one-third of…