This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Prisons have had 10 months to take measures to reduce their populations and save lives amidst the ongoing pandemic. Yet our comparison of 13 states’ parole grant rates from 2019…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Robin F. Bachin is the Assistant Provost for Civic and Community Engagement and the Charlton W. Tebeau Associate Professor of History at the University of Miami. Connecting the academy and the public has…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When the Program for International Assessment (PISA) results were released in December 2019, many who saw the United States’ ranking continue to stagnate behind its global competitors conceded that the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It has almost become a donor mantra: invest in women and girls. But the vast majority of international aid is allocated without a feminist analysis, and that’s a problem. Feminist…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Shyra Adams vividly remembers the days after the death of Tony Robinson, an unarmed Black teenager killed in 2015 by police in her hometown of Madison, Wisconsin. Angry and distraught…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Special Immigrant Juvenile status was created by Congress in 1990 to provide “humanitarian protection for abused, neglected, or abandoned child immigrants.” After arriving in the U.S., young people who want to apply must…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the preface to his new book, A More Perfect Reunion: Race, Integration, and the Future of America, Calvin Baker argues that full racial integration is the most radical—and unrealized—idea in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The public-charge revisions made final by the Trump administration in February of 2020 stand as perhaps one of its most significant and controversial immigration policy changes. The rule makes…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. College faculty are concerned the pandemic is widening gaps in student success and equity, per a recent survey of more than 850 instructors teaching introductory courses. The instructors, who represent more than…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A recent bill from the United Kingdom’s Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs bans the country’s supermarkets from purchasing foods linked to illegal deforestation and land procurement practices. Larger…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A healthy ocean is a powerful force for good, providing oxygen and food, economic benefits, and opportunities for recreation and spiritual renewal, while sustaining cultural traditions. However, these ocean benefits…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s a foundational premise of the American dream: that through hard work and diligent study, young people can use education to access opportunities that were denied to their parents. However,…