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What does queer joy look like in this political moment? Three queer artists respond.

Work requirements for SNAP benefits don’t boost employment, a study finds. Instead, they have adverse effects on homeless people.

In this Candid blog, discover key insights into how foundation giving and payout changed last year and what these shifts may signal for 2023.

Nearly 22 million people lived within 3 miles of a US wildfire in the past two decades. A new study tracking their locations flips the script on who is at risk.

“I can’t breathe.” These words have become a rallying cry for protestors demanding racial equity and, in particular, an end to police violence against Black Americans. For environmental policy experts,…

How do you teach kids about science when there is so much scientific misinformation and conflict over the truth about coronavirus, vaccines and masks? For the staff at the National…

School’s out for summer. School’s out … forever?When we started to devise a summer reading list of EdSurge articles from 2023 that have been most …

Weight discrimination is a common but under-identified aspect of workplace inequity that is finally getting some attention as organizations look to embrace a more holistic definition of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).

Influencing mindsets and mental models requires identifying what current mental models need to be shifted, targeting priority stakeholders for……

Experts say the lack of affordable housing is fueling an increase in unhoused students that may continue to escalate.

The many personal, physical, and social impacts of natural disasters disproportionately affect Black people, new research shows. The paper, published in the journal Environmental Sociology, explains how disaster affects residency,…

After recent cases in Florida and Texas, authorities are advising the public to drain standing water sources to keep mosquitoes from multiplying.