This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Social and emotional learning (SEL) programs that develop soft skills such as self-management, relationship skills, responsible decision making, and self-awareness are an important key to establishing the type of healthy…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On July 18, California’s Pacific Gas & Electric revealed that its electrical equipment might have sparked the Dixie Fire, a blaze that has since become the second-largest in the state’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Just before sunset on Oct. 22, 2015, 53-year-old Stephen Brock was walking up and down the narrow gravel road near his trailer home, yelling, cursing and praying. Neighbors later told…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the Taliban sweeps across Afghanistan in its bid to oust the US-backed government, reports are emerging of women in newly captured territory being forced to marry fighters, publicly flogged and forced…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The sudden end to America’s longest war came Sunday as the Taliban rolled into the capital of Afghanistan and the national government collapsed. Thousands of U.S. citizens and Afghans who…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. From female journalists wiping computer files to beauticians removing posters from salons, many Afghan women are taking no chances with the country’s new Taliban leaders despite promises they can keep…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For older adults, social isolation may have dredged up past traumas that are difficult to come back from. And for those living in nursing homes that have been the center…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the decades I’ve been in prison, I’ve seen firsthand how communication with the outside world comes at a price. All too often, prisoners are forced to use their blood…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Our nation’s mass incarceration crisis has led to far too many people locked up in jails and prisons. As public outrage grows regarding the unfairness of the criminal justice system,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Gender-Based Violence Creates An Unequal World for Children Every girl and boy deserves to grow up free from harm. Yet gender-based violence continues, effectively ending their childhoods and risking their…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The U.S. has a bridge problem. The American Society of Civil Engineers gave the country’s overall infrastructure a C- grade in its 2021 report card, and the American Road and Transportation Builders Association estimates…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In Rich Thanks to Racism: How the Ultra Wealthy Profit from Racial Injustice, I introduce the concept of “strategic racism,” which is when efforts to defend or expand systemic racism result…