This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Higher rates of COVID-19 infection among essential and frontline workers put a spotlight on underinsured laborers. Essential workers—those who perform a range of jobs and services that are necessary for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As a child, Preston J. Arrow-weed lived near a stretch of the Colorado River that traced a wide, sweeping curve through the Fort Yuma-Quechan Reservation, which straddles the border of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the last 18 months, the pandemic has exacerbated achievement gaps for students who were already falling behind before COVID-19 arrived. What happens now is critical for ensuring that schools don’t go…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As children make their way back into physical classrooms after an unprecedented year of virtual education, parents and educators must ask a crucial question: What can be done to help…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Rural hospitals that were acquired in mergers from 2009 to 2016 were more likely than their independent peers to shutter their maternal, neonatal and surgical services, and more likely to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea The number of people killed by police officers in the U.S. has been massively underreported in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Harvey Weinstein guilty verdict is a victory for the #MeToo movement. “Today is a powerful day & a huge step forward in our collective healing,” wrote the actress Rose…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The fall of Afghanistan was on the minds of those who joined our Innovations in International Philanthropy Symposium session on women and girls. Our conversation was a primer in effective networking strategies…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As students across the country wrestled with pandemic stress last winter, sophomore Nathaniel Martinez logged on to a virtual retreat. Forty mostly Black and Latino teens in Chicago were getting…
I tend to think of climate change as fundamentally being an issue of equity, and there’s two big arenas where I think climate change and equity really intersect. So the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Though menstruation is a natural part of life for more than half the world’s population, half a billion girls and women still lack the support they need to manage their…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Executive Director of Grantmakers for Girls of Color (G4GC), Monique W. Morris, discusses the impact of COVID-19 on the Black community amid calls for racial justice. • How…