This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For some women, a break from work around childbirth is a temporary period of recovery and bonding before resuming their previous work responsibilities. For others, however, it constitutes a more…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In September, the Rev. Dr. Starsky D. Wilson was named president and CEO of the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF), Earlier this month, PND spoke with Wilson, who serves as board…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries have reported alarming rates of violence, exploitation and other abuse, especially intimate partner violence among women and other marginalized groups.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We grade students throughout their lives, but have you ever wondered how we would measure our communities when it comes to things that truly matter, like student outcomes? What grades…
As we enter the final weeks of 2020, we turned to four youth activists to discuss what youth-led social justice movements are planning for the new year. The panel, part…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. North Dakota doesn’t provide statewide funding for prekindergarten. But while we’re working with our partners at the North Dakota Department of Human Services to garner support for this and similar…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At a time when the Covid-19 pandemic has exposed a growing shortage of nurses, it should have been good news that there were more than 1,200 applicants to enter the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Mohamed Tua Sin, 15, was in class 9 in Myanmar when he was forced to flee to Bangladesh in late August 2017. Attacks by the Myanmar military forced 740,000 ethnic…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Just two weeks into the new school year, Jacquelyn Allsopp, a New Jersey mother of three, was considering unenrolling her 5-year-old daughter from kindergarten. “So much of kindergarten is learning…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A grandfather friend told me his grandkids would be coming shortly for a visit and he would be listening to the sounds of running feet and who knows what all else…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Young people with learning and attention issues are as full of potential as their peers and can achieve and contribute at the highest levels. But because most schools are designed…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Covenant House is one of the oldest and largest charities in America dedicated to helping children and youth overcome homelessness and trafficking. Though its roots are in Catholic social justice…