This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Rockefeller Foundation recently released a report measuring the true cost of food in the United States. According to the report, the true cost of food is nearly US$3.2 trillion a year–triple…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, communities in Louisiana have struggled to recover while also dealing with a stream of other disasters, natural and manmade. In August, Hurricane Ida made…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A few months into the semester, Alex and his classmates embarked on a collaborative project that required students to research and create online using a variety of interactive tools. I…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Schools across the country are turning to technology to help them better serve students who don’t speak English, who are at risk and who are adult learners back in school…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 2015, the state of North Carolina paid $750,000 to Henry McCollum to compensate for the 30 years the innocent man spent on death row. Seven months later, he was…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It has been a week and a half since Hurricane Ida hit the Gulf Coast and the devastating impacts of the Category 4 storm are still being felt throughout the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As millions enjoyed Labor Day with backyard barbecues, millions more reported to low-wage jobs, working unpredictable hours and facing difficult conditions that have come to characterize work for too many…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Is there any school district whose students experienced more disruptions than those in New Orleans? Between the major storms of Katrina and Ida there have been dozens of hurricanes and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Despite the profound impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the vulnerable in the United States, the percentage of Americans in food-insecure households held steady in 2020 at 10.5%, figures released…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Wildfires burn millions of acres of land every year, leaving changed landscapes that are prone to flooding. Less well known is that these already vulnerable regions can also intensify and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The traditional high school-to-college-to-employment route has hit a number of potholes recently, among them cripplingly high college tuition and growing concern that higher education is disconnected from emerging work opportunities. Although demand for jobs…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For more than 150 years, the Wôpanâak language was silent. With no fluent speakers alive, the language of the Mashpee Wampanoag people existed only in historical documents. It was by…