This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea The number of people killed by police officers in the U.S. has been massively underreported in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Harvey Weinstein guilty verdict is a victory for the #MeToo movement. “Today is a powerful day & a huge step forward in our collective healing,” wrote the actress Rose…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Extremely hot years will wipe out hundreds of thousands of tonnes of fish available for catch in a country’s waters in this century, on top of projected decreases to fish…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In his autobiography, Miles Davis complained that classical musicians were like robots. He spoke from experience – he’d studied classical music at Juilliard and recorded with classical musicians even after…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. What’s the question you are most frequently asked when trying to set up a new sustainability initiative? I bet “how much will it cost?” is a leading contender. It’s no…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Between 2012 and 2020, migrant workers from Mexico were recruited by companies in Illinois to construct hog and poultry enclosures under the H-2A temporary agricultural program. They came to the…
The Fund for Safe Communities was established in 2018 to support tangible, specific, and meaningful actions to address and prevent violence. This fund supports organizations and efforts focused on addressing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Today, community gardens can be found in towns across Croatia, and Varaždin is riding that wave of success with a new project: a community orchard with about 200 pear and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Citing food inequity among the borough’s minority population, a local nonprofit has opened an urban farm in Brownsville to provide healthy food to the local community, which suffers from high…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On September 11, 2001, 658 Cantor Fitzgerald and sixty-one Eurobrokers employees lost their lives in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. The Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund was founded on September…
We know the COVID-19 pandemic has magnified existing inequities, taking an exceptionally hard toll on the most vulnerable communities, experiencing housing instability, homelessness and racial disparities. In this episode, Jennifer…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Compound environmental shocks and their impact on food insecurity in Nepal, one of the world’s most disaster-prone countries, was the focus of research conducted by faculty in Penn State’s College…