This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Wednesday called for a moratorium on the sale and use of artificial intelligence (AI) systems that threaten human rights…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. France is the latest country in the European Union to offer free contraception. Women under the age of 25 will be eligible to receive access to free birth control in the country…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Aweek after the pandemic forced Minneapolis students to attend classes online, the city school district’s top security chief got an urgent email, its subject line in all caps, alerting him…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In February of 2020, Community Oriented Correctional Health Services (COCHS) knew that that a recently named novel virus was going to prove the central thesis of our mission: that public health and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There are plenty of voices — and data — that amplify a trend of declining confidence in democracy among Americans today. At PACE, we are encouraged by the efforts we see making…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Girls’ education has been deemed a ‘silver bullet’ for some of the biggest development challenges. It has been likened to a Swiss army knife because of the range of tools it offers…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I am deputy director of Green 2.0 and a Latina. I am also an exception to the rule. From 2017 to 2020, major environmental organizations added just two people of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AA/NHPIs) have long experienced discrimination and interpersonal and structural racism. But during the COVID-19 pandemic, anti-Asian violence has been made more visible by…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Research increasingly documents the repercussions of family member incarceration for health, but little is known about the relative health consequences of different types of family member incarceration (including parent, sibling,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The United States is being buffeted by three staggering events, any one of which would be enough to destabilize our society: a fast-spreading pandemic, a severe economic recession caused by…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “I couldn’t decide between Mr. or Ms., so I’m just choosing Dr.” This was my standard joke for breaking the news that I was returning to school for my doctorate.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Not so long ago, it seemed the data on COVID-19 held a degree of comfort when it came to children: not too many of them got infected, fewer still got…