This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Hospitalizations to treat pediatric gun injuries are expensive, and US taxpayers and the poor are bearing the price, according to a new study. The average cost of initial hospitalization to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the past several years, devastating fires in public housing developments across the country have made headlines for displacing and injuring residents and destroying units. Just last month, a fire in the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Lake Mead, which provides water for 25 million people in the American West, has shrunk to 36 percent of its capacity. One rural California community has run out of water entirely after its…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Yessika Magdaleno, owner of a home-based child care program in Orange County, Calif., is a problem-solver by nature. When she opened her program 20 years ago, she attracted families by…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The number of adolescents admitted to the hospital for severe illness from eating disorders increased significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic, new research suggests. At one center, the number of hospital…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When temperatures in Oregon hit 116 degrees Fahrenheit late last month, Portland resident Scott Kerman found he couldn’t stand outside for longer than 10 minutes without feeling like he might…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Prominent Northeastern grocery store chain Hannaford Supermarkets made headlines recently by declaring that for an entire year it had not sent any spoiled or outdated food to landfills, where the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When the tide gets exceptionally high in Charleston, South Carolina, coastal streets start to run with seawater. Some yards become ponds, and residents pull on rain boots. The city also…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Our nation’s public housing stock faces serious challenges, starting with its age—approximately half of public housing properties were constructed before 1975. A 2010 report (PDF) sponsored by the US Department of Housing and Urban…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. COVID-19 is quickly changing the way people work. Where they can, employees are remote working, staying in touch with colleagues by phone and new technologies, combining home and work life,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Today, more than 36 million families will receive their first advance child tax credit payments. This marks a historic new investment in the nation’s children, and the Biden administration has signaled it will continue to prioritize…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Asia is big, diverse, and complex – and so are its challenges. The Covid-19 pandemic has shown us the cracks in economies and the social sector, but the social investment…