This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The demand for after-school and summer learning programs far outstrips their availability in rural America, according to a new report from the Afterschool Alliance. Such programs can provide a safe space for children,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. 2021 was billed as a “super year” for food, with the UN Food Systems Summit, the biodiversity convention, COP26 in Glasgow and the Nutrition for Growth Summit shining a light…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Public sexual harassment is an issue in every society. But misogyny and sexual harassment in public has been so normalised that often bringing up the issue of behaviour such as…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The United States is again at a crossroads of racial reckoning. The death of George Floyd and the 2020 summer of protests for racial justice added new urgency to ongoing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In July 2012 Sister Megan Rice, an 82-year-old Catholic nun, and two men walked past multiple broken security cameras and into the heart of a high-security nuclear complex. Y-12 in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In a recent report, we found a strong link between incarceration and homelessness among formerly incarcerated people. But while we examined racial and age disparities among that population, we weren’t able to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. My son, nine years old and in third grade, asked me why George Floyd was killed and why so many people were protesting. I asked him what he knew about racism…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Personal experiences with racial discrimination are common for black Americans. But certain segments within this group – most notably, those who are college educated or male – are more likely…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Each year philanthropists invest $6.1 billion in private scholarships for more than 1.6 million students on their way to earning a college degree. Many of these scholarships were created to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. English learners (ELs)—students who speak one or more languages other than English and need support to access English curricula—are a growing population in community colleges in the US. In addition to language,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), I have all too often observed that conversations about health equity ignore disability issues. We must shift the narrative about social justice…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The pandemic-induced recession has disproportionately affected people of color because of historic and ongoing structural racism—the policies and practices that have caused deep racial disparities in access to wealth-building opportunities and upward mobility.…