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Black women died during or soon after pregnancy at higher rates than any other racial group in every year from 1999 to 2019. American Indian and Alaska Native women had the greatest increase in risk during this period.

An updated meta-analysis was published in July 2023 in the peer-reviewed journal Child Development. It was conducted by 14 researchers, the majority from Yale University, and it also found good results for SEL interventions in schools while simultaneously broadening the category of “social and…

The Menominee Tribe of Wisconsin’s successful logging operation follows one rule: Let the healthy trees keep growing.

The global pandemic fast-tracked the imperative for students to have access to technology and connectivity to succeed inside and outside of the classroom.

The governor’s proposal to radically revise the Mental Health Services Act, a proposal that will have a dramatic impact on our youth, potentially reducing funding for mental health services for youth by millions of dollars.

Residents in Jackson filed an emergency petition with the Environmental Protection Agency last week, requesting relief from an ongoing water crisis.

Taxing consumption that contributes to climate change hits the poor the hardest, while overlooking the huge profits tied to greenhouse gas emissions.

Decarceration efforts led to the closure of psychiatric hospitals and large facilities that warehoused people with disabilities. Activists against mass incarceration can learn from the past.

As agencies focus on the disaster site and shelters, the community has launched a full-scale effort to care for those still in Lahaina, staying with family, and living in cars and tents.

Here are some ways cities are adapting to climate change, including making architectural and design changes to improve resilience to heat.

Kaiser Family Foundation graph, from its Health Tracking Poll (July 11-19) data Rural Americans are much more likely to say that they or a f…

New York City’s crisis of housing affordability has reached unprecedented levels. The ratio of median rent to median household income in New York City is the second highest among the…