This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Thomas Root emailed his weekly legal newsletter from his office in Ohio to nearly 11,000 federal prisoners around the country—just as he’s done every Monday since 2015. That same day, attorney Brandon…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. To this day, Washington’s criminal justice system can arrest and charge young people under the age of 18 with the crime of prostitution under state law. At the same time,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As people of color, we constantly find our communities with the same foot, just a different shoe, on our necks, and showing up for each other has become an act of survival. I choose this space and moment to honor the history and many…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Administrators in Greenville County Schools, South Carolina, deploy a team of instructional coaches to schools that have been identified as needing support, District Administration reports. The initiative, called Focused School Support, is designed…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Social-emotional learning programs can benefit from adults’ knowledge of their own SEL skills, according to a report released Tuesday by the RAND Corp. and the Wallace Foundation. The report, based on 5,000 surveys…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For decades, we’ve heard that access to clean water changes everything. Not only does it improve the health of entire communities, it also gives women freedom to earn an income…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At this moment, many girls are experiencing trauma in the United States. Worldwide, nearly one in four girls between the ages of fifteen and nineteen are neither employed or receiving…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Women’s labor force participation has stagnated and reversed since 2000. The gap between wages of men and women has fallen over the past several decades, but a significant gender wage gap…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Two University of North Carolina graduate students were curious: Were female school superintendents earning less than their male counterparts? Considering longstanding gender pay gaps across the economy, they expected to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Sierra Club, the oldest and largest environmental organization in the United States, is on a mission it is not known for—shining a light on environmental injustices. It announced its…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The founder of the #MeToo movement marked its third anniversary on Thursday by launching an online platform to fight sexual violence, hoping to expand the reach of the campaign against…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Many businesses around the globe have demonstrated adaptability and resilience as they faced the realities of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some companies, often led by their employees, have also had somewhat of…