This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Melanoma in African Americans is rare, and the diagnosis is often delayed, leading to advanced presentation and poor prognosis. The purpose of this retrospective study is to determine whether African…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In California, Latino students face many challenges to succeed academically at the same level as their white or Asian counterparts, but it’s even tougher for Latino English learners, according to…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Greater Washington Community Foundation and its partners gave direct cash transfers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Urban Institute unpacks how it worked. • Are direct cash transfers the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Growing up in a northwest suburb of Chicago, Edward Blanco had big dreams and a lot of questions. His parents, immigrants from Guatemala, did not speak English or know how…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Safe, high quality in-person schools and access to higher education are top concerns for Black women – nearly as important as protecting voting rights and fighting racism, a new national…
Going off the New York Times best sellers list today, it’s obvious that fiction and nonfiction by Black authors are in demand. So why is the world of publishing so…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Human Resources is the organizational arm that can best operationalize values—that is, make values a concrete part of day-to-day work practices. It can be a guardian of culture and the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Though the days of the coffee-fetching, fax-sending, thumb-twiddling intern are all but over, there is one vestige of the “first rite” of career passage that is stubbornly stuck in the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Race and address may increase risk for diabetes-related amputation, according to a new study. The findings show that diabetes-related toe and foot amputations are higher in rural and Western American…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Houston often doesn’t receive funder attention until major climate change-fueled disasters: Hurricane Harvey in 2017, the Deer Park Chemical Fires in 2019, the 2020 Texas deep freeze, even the persistent…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Kathleen George grew up in Oregon hearing cautionary tales about the mythological figures Wolf and Coyote. One of those ikanum, or traditional stories, that sticks with her today is the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The trauma and stress police violence cause for black people, and the physical toll of that violence, may contribute to the disparity in COVID-19 deaths, a panel of experts argue.…