This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. New research studies conducted by Special Olympics found disturbing evidence that individuals with intellectual disabilities face widespread health problems, while physicians, dentists, and other health professionals are not receiving adequate…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Chavez, a Mexican American from Arizona, dropped out of the seventh grade in 1942 to start picking crops so that his mother wouldn’t have to. In the 1950s, in a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the next year, the IT sector alone will need to fill 1.1 million jobs, about half of which will go unfilled due to a lack of qualified workers (ITAA…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will soon close a family case management program for asylum-seekers that, as of April 19, housed more than 630 families. According to Sarah Rodriguez,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Fifty years ago this week, the Six-Day War dramatically altered geographic borders and political fortunes in the Middle East. For Israelis, the stunning 1967 victory meant an expanded country that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Women are deeply concerned about the issue of pay discrimination. Survey after survey indicates that unequal pay ranks at the top of women’s concerns about their work. To resolve the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Both in research and throughout the media, terms like “minority” and “person of color” typically imply black and Hispanic people, and those groups are the most highly and disproportionately affected…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the reinstitution of a federal program that allows local police officers to seize personal property without so much as a criminal charge. The program is intended…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. China, the world’s rising superpower, is experiencing an explosion of faith. The decades of anti-religious campaigns that followed the 1949 communist takeover are giving way to a spiritual transformation—and among…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Earlier this year, Urban Institute researchers contributed to a comprehensive National Academies of Science study examining the fiscal and economic impacts of immigrants and refuting many common misperceptions about immigration. Immigrants have roughly the same…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since Donald Trump’s election, the School District of Philadelphia has been training staff to better deal with the anxieties facing immigrant families. But one group says the district hasn’t gone…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Historically, media coverage on race did not matter unless it was negative or destructive. The “polarized campus” is a decidedly liberal arts college located in Olympia, Washington, where close to…