This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How many times have you seen a report where today’s top tech companies admit to struggling to recruit top diverse talent? Only 2% of Google’s workforce is black, and at Twitter, just 3%…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s easy for filmmakers to make fun of Catholic school. That’s why writer and director Greta Gerwig decided to do something very different. Gerwig has said that her film Lady Bird may be the only…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Most nutrition researchers are forced to collect their data using a notoriously unreliable scientific instrument: the human brain. It’s hard and expensive to conduct rigorous nutritional experiments where you know…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Greek philosopher Heraclitus once observed that nothing is permanent, except change. Such classical wisdom is once again evident in a recent release of data from the National Center for Education Statistics…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. School districts serving America’s most impoverished children receive about $1,000 less per student than those in America’s most affluent communities, according to a new report that analyzed the extent of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As we celebrate Black History Month, my focus is on what we have done — and will continue to do — for low-income students of color. For example, we know…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After years of focusing efforts on private prisons, mandatory sentences and money bail, people trying to change the criminal justice system have identified another target: prosecutors. In an influential book last year,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Investing in women & girls has immense potential for positive social change – not just for them, but also for their families and communities. Yet, women around the world experience…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Through a generation of school shootings and thousands of other gun-enabled murders, the National Rifle Association has held the fort against gun safety legislation. Now the NRA edifice is finally…
In the wake of the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that left 17 people dead, the students have inspired many with their outspoken messages demanding gun…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Around the world, the impacts of climate change are forcing communities to take extreme adaptation measures or else risk losing everything. Communities in South and Southeast Asia face the most…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, may look like any other American high school from the outside. But former students who spent their teenage years in its hallways…