This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s been about 50 years since we graduated from college — Scripps College class of ’71 and Miami University of Ohio class of ’74. We’ve both spent our adult lives…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Every year the world loses an estimated 25 million acres (10 million hectares) of forest, an area larger than the state of Indiana. Nearly all of it is in the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Asian American population in the US has increased significantly, from 3.6 million in 1980 to 18.8 million in 2019, and it is projected to account for 9.1 percent of the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When the Almeda Fire hit southern Oregon on Labor Day weekend just over a year ago, Christy Brooks was on her way home from her daughters’ school after picking up…
Sometimes philanthropists — even the most well-intentioned ones — can “capture” the social movements they fund and then steer grassroots organizations and activists away from their original missions. We explore…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The combination of increased news coverage of sexual violence and the #MeToo movement has made it easier for survivors of all kinds of abuse to come forward and tell their…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Just as they were born into a world with easily accessible technology (and cannot conceive otherwise), members of Generation Z have only known a climate in crisis. From day one,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On Oct. 28, President Joe Biden presented his Build Back Better Framework (BBB), a guide for legislative language for several proposals in his $1.75 trillion spending plan. Collectively, the proposal…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Almost two years into the pandemic, over 18 million households lack high-speed internet access. Even if it’s available, they can’t afford it, according to a new report released Thursday from…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Before we had kids, my husband and I (Tina) lived in a one-bedroom, rent-controlled apartment in Washington, DC. After a few months, our heating bill started to be unreasonably high—much…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “Hello, my name is Melissa, and my son has expressed how excited he is to have a ‘man teacher’ this year, which in turn made me excited for him.” She…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic in March 2020, Indigenous communities in the Canadian province of Manitoba were quick to respond. “When it came to movement, a…