This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Willamette River has long sustained communities in the Pacific Northwest. Since time immemorial, Kalapuyan tribes have centered their livelihoods on its waters for fishing and on its fertile valley…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “I can’t breathe.” These were among the final words that George Floyd and Eric Garner gasped before their deaths at the hands of white police officers. That plea has become…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Social Venture Partners (SVP) is a global network of donors with 40-plus affiliates. Along with giving unrestricted grant funding, SVP’s donors support local nonprofits through collaborative partnerships to build these…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Unleashed by anxiety over the pandemic, the nationwide rise in anti-Asian hate has served as a call to action for many Asian American artists to take a stand: To actively challenge the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Stress, trauma, and racism occur at high rates within Indigenous communities and have not been explored as potential contributors to cardiometabolic disease (CMD). But new research examines this link and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Seattle Hub of Global Shapers is supporting the Shared Spaces Foundation in fundraising for the Heron’s Nest, a project aimed at preserving land for community use and repatriating it to the Duwamish people. Who are the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This Q&A is part of a series highlighting the work of Black education leaders in partnership with the 1954 Project. No one asked Sharif El-Mekki if he was interested in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The predominantly black and low-income communities living near the back-to-back petrochemical refineries of Louisiana’s “cancer alley” have long suffered compromised immune systems and high rates of disease. Now, the state’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Black Americans experience an increase in poor mental health days during weeks when two or more incidents of anti-Black violence occur, according to a new study. An increase in poor…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Bidtah Becker, a citizen of the Navajo Nation, was growing up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, clean water flowed from the taps at her house. She and her siblings often…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Despite decades of government and community efforts to improve health equity in Latinx communities, vast disparities remain. For example, Latinxs are the group least likely to be insured or to report…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Jerome Lemelson was a restless dreamer and tinkerer who filled his notebooks with ideas that became the gadgetry of modern life. Barcode scanners. A video filing system. The mechanism that…