This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This year has been a nightmare, but I don’t think the majority of us really understand what is coming. Moratoriums on evictions are ending soon, and 40,000,000 people face being kicked…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In February of 2017, 64 healthy adult Kenyans checked into a university residence in the coastal town of Kilifi. After a battery of medical tests, they proceeded, one by one,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Just before Independence Day, scores of land defenders gathered at the national memorial in the Black Hills of South Dakota as President Trump took the stage for a rally. They…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This has to be the year that pushes newsrooms to make progress on diversity and inclusion. As the Covid-19 crisis exposed glaring racial health disparities in the U.S., and as…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. By Anastasia Moloney Cities must move to the front line of efforts to fight gender inequality that has grown worse in the coronavirus pandemic, said six mayors from three continents…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Today, philanthropy often refers to large financial gifts, typically given by very wealthy people, but throughout American history philanthropy has involved giving time, money and moral concern to benefit others.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Thanksgiving is this week, a time of togetherness and gratitude. Despite often relentless pressures to maximize short-term profits, many companies are embracing this spirit all year round, going against the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If you care deeply about both environmental and racial justice, the way food is produced in the U.S. is far, far from ideal. To begin with, industrial farming has negative environmental…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As educators keep moving from “traditional,” teacher-centered instruction to student-centered learning environments, we’re realizing the importance of integrating STEM into curriculum. Research shows that the pandemic emphasized the need for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Arturo Massol-Deyá believes solar panels will bring power to the people of Puerto Rico — in more ways than one. Massol-Deyá is associate director of Casa Pueblo, a nonprofit that, since 1991,…
As the United States went into lockdown beginning in March 2020 to contain the spread of the coronavirus, tens of millions of workers lost their jobs within weeks, particularly in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, and countless others this year underscore systemic racism’s detrimental role in our criminal justice system. And consistent with…