This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. While the onslaught of media coverage during presidential elections can make many Americans think voting only happens every four years on that Tuesday in November, each year, a bundle of federal, state…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On any given day, an estimated 40.3 million people around the world are exploited for someone’s benefit or commercial gain – forced by coercion or intimidation to work against their…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In nearly 70 countries, it is still a crime to be LGBTQ. In many more, it is fundamentally unsafe. LGBTQ and HIV-positive immigrants face heightened levels of harassment, discrimination, physical…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “My grandparents took care of me when my mom left for the U.S. My dad, an anti-gang officer, worked a lot. Still, he was always there for me. But when…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It was another scorching summer this year in Tucson, Arizona, the second-hottest city in the United States, where even plants adapted to the desert’s harsh conditions wilted amid record-breaking temperatures…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. NCRP’s Movement Investment Project initiative has been committed to hearing the experiences of Black, Indigenous people of color-led organizing in the reproductive access space. And while NCRP has been vocal and responsive to the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In my three years at the McCormick Foundation, I have had the privilege of working with the Democracy Schools Initiative, which has strengthened schoolwide civic learning and engagement throughout Illinois. Illinois…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in early 2020, juvenile detention centers have been releasing minors at a higher rate to reduce crowding. In the first month of the pandemic…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Annual state end-of-year tests have been the mainstay of federal and state accountability systems for nearly 30 years. In spring 2020, given pandemic-related disruptions in learning, the federal Department of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Libraries have been key partners to cities during the pandemic in tackling the digital divide, among other critical needs, and are now eligible to receive billions of dollars in coronavirus…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nearly 12 million women in poorer countries lost access to contraception in the pandemic, leading to 1.4 million unplanned pregnancies, the United Nations said on Thursday. Estimates by the UN…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. New research is shedding light on how dementia can increase people’s risk for developing COVID-19, particularly among two groups: African Americans and people with vascular dementia. The headline findings of…