This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Record downpours from Hurricane Ida overwhelmed cities across the Northeast on Sept. 1, 2021, hitting some with more than 3 inches of rain an hour. Water poured into subway stations…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. More than 72 hours after Hurricane Ida made landfall, plumes of dark black smoke were still rising from four towers at the Shell plant in Norco, Louisiana. Enormous flames billowed…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Subway stations in New York were inundated with water following heavy rain on Sept. 1, 2021. But the Big Apple isn’t alone – over the last year we have seen…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The conversation about reparations for slavery entered a new stage earlier in 2021, with the U.S. House Judiciary Committee voting for the creation of a commission to address the matter.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Keith Poston, executive director of the Public School Forum of North Carolina, told the News & Observer, “Students who show promise need to be challenged. Schools need to see their promise and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Coaching teachers on classroom management and culturally responsive strategies can result in fewer racial disparities in discipline, according to a study appearing in a special issue of School Psychology Review.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As our second pandemic Labor Day approaches, Black worker leaders are determined to never again bear the brunt of a national crisis as they have under Covid. The latest horror:…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. New York City was quiet early on Wednesday evening as the remnants of Hurricane Ida barreled toward the Tri-State Area. At 7 p.m., wind and rain had descended on the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In rural northwest Arkansas, one of the country’s child care deserts, it likely would have taken Morgan Edington many months before she found a reliable sitter to care for her…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new study traces the impacts of hunger on the educational trajectories of 1,500 people over nearly two decades. It should come as no surprise to anyone that being hungry…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Residents in long-term care facilities had a significantly higher rate of reinfection than people in the general population, according to a new study. The study in the journal The Lancet…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) — the UN body tasked with assessing the latest climate science — issued its most dire warning yet about the threats posed by…