This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Long before the emergence of COVID-19, the United States was struggling to contain a years-long opioid crisis that took tens of thousands of lives every year. Now, with Oxycontin manufacturer…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Back in 2017, Jamie Margolin, a Seattle high school student, founded an organization called Future Voters for 350ppm. (“Future voters” meaning young people who can’t vote yet, and “350 ppm”…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Minneapolis Fed economist Andrew Goodman-Bacon recently published a report examining how the rollout of Medicaid in the late 1960s affected people who were children at the time. Today, Medicaid is one of…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Wellcome Trust offers key recommendations for increasing vaccine uptake around the world. • In what ways might “vaccine hesitancy” be misunderstood? Why are local partnerships an…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After cops arrested a Brooklyn teen last spring, an officer at the precinct assured him police would soon return his possessions: house keys, an iPhone and $10 bill folded in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The need for new K-12 classroom technology has never been greater. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many schools are now using a hybrid classroom model, with some students attending…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Munawwar Abdulla has a knack for creating the things she wants to see in the world. So, when she was a teen, Abdulla assembled a team at the Uyghur-language school…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. More than six years after Cleveland police fatally shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice as he played with a toy gun in a park, sparking national outrage and calls for change, the city is…
Jill Kolling, vice president of global sustainability at Cargill, says that it’s important for the farmers and ranchers it works with to be able to withstand the impacts of climate…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Climate change is here and it is happening now. In October last year, NASA and several other global organisations have predicted that 2020 is set to be the warmest year on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A big question among parents and teachers right now is whether their kids will be vaccinated against COVID-19 in time for the fall school semester. Some have wondered whether the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Student activism is a hot topic at the moment, thanks in large part to the international spotlight on brave young people like Greta Thunberg and many other youth climate activists(link is external). But…