This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Women make up the majority of the K-12 education workforce but are chronically underrepresented in leadership roles. That’s especially true in IT leadership, where women hold just about a third…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Harvey Weinstein guilty verdict is a victory for the #MeToo movement. “Today is a powerful day & a huge step forward in our collective healing,” wrote the actress Rose…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In his autobiography, Miles Davis complained that classical musicians were like robots. He spoke from experience – he’d studied classical music at Juilliard and recorded with classical musicians even after…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Between 2012 and 2020, migrant workers from Mexico were recruited by companies in Illinois to construct hog and poultry enclosures under the H-2A temporary agricultural program. They came to the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After 18 months of shuttered schools, children across the country are back in class — but thousands of teachers and other critical school workers across the country are not. Faced…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The summer of 2021 was devilishly hot across much of the U.S. Just five minutes in an attic guest room with no air conditioning could be enough to leave a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. COVID-19 didn’t just reveal a broken child care system. A confluence of events dramatically worsened the frayed patchwork of child care programs in the US, after significant drops in center enrollment when parents lost jobs,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If North Carolina community colleges are going to boost enrollment, and if the state is going to meet its attainment goal of credentialing 2 million North Carolinians by 2030, adult learners will need to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. R&B singer R. Kelly was found guilty of racketeering and sex trafficking charges on Sept 27, 2021, having been exposed as the ringleader of a decades-long scheme to recruit girls,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Sweet Livity’s mission — “Values toward wellness” — guides its business model and services, based on years of community development work in diverse urban and rural communities. The company has…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Hurricane Michael made landfall in Florida in October 2018, June Barrett, a Black Jamaican home care worker, rushed to take care of their elderly patients in Miami. Barrett had…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Federal Reserve’s so-called dual mandate to maintain overall price stability and maximum sustainable growth in U.S. employment is always on the minds of the U.S. central bank’s Federal Open…