This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the past decade, civil conflicts in Syria and Iraq have caused appalling humanitarian suffering. More than 300,000 people have been killed and over five million displaced in Syria alone…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When I was 24, I entered into my third year of teaching. I was bright-eyed, optimistic, and excited to start out a new role that combined administration with teaching middle-school…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Is school segregation getting worse? Plenty of people say yes, including scholars, journalists, and civil-rights advocates. For the first time in years, there’s something approximating a consensus: Racially divided schools are a major…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s 3 p.m. at Public School 124, also known as Yung Wing School, in Manhattan’s Chinatown, and the theater club kids are ready to break a leg. There are just…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A top United Kingdom aid official has reassured advocates that the Department for International Development remains a “loud and strong voice for universal access to sexual and reproductive health” services, including abortion,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. New York State’s new graduation options were meant to ensure students aren’t unfairly kept from graduation, but a new analysis found a drawback: black and low-income students are more likely to take…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Louis J. Appignani, an 84-year-old living in Florida, tells a compelling story about his conversion to atheism. Despite attending Catholic schools from a young age and through his teens, he…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It has become axiomatic within the development community that educating women and girls is the most effective way to alleviate poverty and accelerate development in the Global South. In The Gender…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Ending homelessness. Improving school readiness. Preserving wildlife habitat. Impact statements can inspire and bring together partners, staff and funders around common, long-term goals that deserve focused efforts and resources. At…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On Saturday, March 3, Bloomberg hosted its 5th annual Startup Young Women’s Leadership Summit, convening 500 high school and college-aged girls at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for a day of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The fields of science, technology, engineering, and math have been infamously hostile to women and people of color. Now, new research shows that the culture of STEM may also sideline aspiring lesbian, gay,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I recently arrived at my first assignment with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Sudan’s West Darfur State. MSF is working in a small health centre in a camp for…