This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Though the days of the coffee-fetching, fax-sending, thumb-twiddling intern are all but over, there is one vestige of the “first rite” of career passage that is stubbornly stuck in the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Researchers have discovered a link between poverty and smaller, slower growing brain regions. Children in poverty are more likely to have cognitive and behavioral difficulties than their better-off peers. Plenty…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. People who work outside increasingly risk their income, illness and even death as climate change ramps up extreme heat. That’s according to a first-of-its-kind study from the Union of Concerned Scientists, titled…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since the Taliban retook Kabul this past Sunday, observers around the world have worried about what the religious group’s control will mean for Afghanistan’s women, its internal security, its education system, its…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Sexual minorities are less likely to be employed or to have health insurance than their straight peers, a new U.S. study suggests. They are also more likely to report being in…
Giving Compass’ Take: • The International Fund for Animal Welfare explains how to align work around the Sustainable Development Goals to benefit humans and animals together. • Could these strategies guide…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Race and address may increase risk for diabetes-related amputation, according to a new study. The findings show that diabetes-related toe and foot amputations are higher in rural and Western American…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the Taliban sweeps across Afghanistan in its bid to oust the US-backed government, reports are emerging of women in newly captured territory being forced to marry fighters, publicly flogged and forced…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Houston often doesn’t receive funder attention until major climate change-fueled disasters: Hurricane Harvey in 2017, the Deer Park Chemical Fires in 2019, the 2020 Texas deep freeze, even the persistent…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Kathleen George grew up in Oregon hearing cautionary tales about the mythological figures Wolf and Coyote. One of those ikanum, or traditional stories, that sticks with her today is the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Felicia Sonmez was a political reporter at The Washington Post expecting to cover an explosive story on her beat — sexual assault allegations against then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh —…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Maintaining financial independence and self-sufficiency remains a constant struggle for the elderly and people living with disabilities in the United States. Today, people with disabilities and many seniors struggle to…