This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it wants feedback on how to get a certain segment of Americans out of poverty and off the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Counselors, time, diverse classroom libraries, money — these are some of many things American teachers say they need in their schools instead of guns. The pleas are coming via a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Just a few years ago, Syria Street, a main thoroughfare in the city of Tripoli in northern Lebanon, was notorious as the demarcation line between two warring neighborhoods — a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. President Donald Trump suggested on Wednesday that arming teachers and school staff members could provide security against events like the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last week, in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On March 1, Whole Planet Foundation launches its Annual Prosperity Campaign to alleviate poverty around the globe for the world’s poorest people – mostly women – living in communities where…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Here’s what we’re reading: Arming teachers would endanger students of color In the wake of the mass shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School, instead of advocating for sensible gun reform, President Trump…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. McDonald’s will soon banish cheeseburgers and chocolate milk from its Happy Meal menu in an effort to cut down on the calories, sodium, saturated fat and sugar that kids consume…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Students in Florida and Maryland walked out of their schools en masse February 21st to protest gun violence in what could be a preview of nationwide demonstrations planned for next month.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Puerto Rico, still reeling from Hurricane Maria, is looking to reform its public education system with school choice options like charters and vouchers as the island’s government works to rebound…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At the World Government Summit in Dubai last week, World Bank President Jim Kim renewed his call for an initiative to “help countries invest more, and more effectively, in their people” through…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida last week joined a grim list of murderous US school shootings, alongside Sandy Hook elementary school and Columbine high school. But what…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Rising economic inequality within countries is a defining challenge of our time. A growing body of literature highlights the negative impacts of domestic inequality on a wide number of political,…