This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Hospitalizations and deaths among young people are increasing as the COVID-19 pandemic accelerates in the Americas, Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), warned on Wednesday. “Adults…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Bidtah Becker, a citizen of the Navajo Nation, was growing up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, clean water flowed from the taps at her house. She and her siblings often…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Despite decades of government and community efforts to improve health equity in Latinx communities, vast disparities remain. For example, Latinxs are the group least likely to be insured or to report…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Jerome Lemelson was a restless dreamer and tinkerer who filled his notebooks with ideas that became the gadgetry of modern life. Barcode scanners. A video filing system. The mechanism that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Special education means that students with disabilities require specialized support to thrive. Parents, advocates, lawmakers, and educators have raised concerns that this support has been disrupted during the pandemic, causing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “It is unclear whether child-care issues will prevent women from returning to employment as the economy recovers,” wrote economist Betsey Stevenson (University of Michigan) in a July 2020 essay for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nineteen million Americans—including one in three Black men—have a felony conviction, a formidable barrier to integration into society and the workforce. This tragically leads to high rates of unemployment and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Responsible financing models, platforms and activities have skyrocketed in the last few years. Trends show that stocks with sound environmental and social targets may fare better than those without these targets, even…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A survey of close to 700 articles from different disciplines and regions of the world highlights key factors that contribute to this situation. These include Indigenous peoples’ reliance on traditional…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “With disruptions resulting from the pandemic, I worry that schools want to play ‘catch up’ rather quickly and … undermine [children’s] social and emotional learning and mental health,” said Chin…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “I’m 17 years in prison and I’ll be 19 years in when I get out. The whole world will be different, and it will be a total shock.” This quote…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Because of the compounding effects of discrimination in our medical, legal, and social services infrastructures, Black mothers and infants in the United States face worse health outcomes than other groups.…