North America

In 2006, I was two months pregnant when I got arrested with two of my girlfriends. My friends got into a fight with another girl. At the time, myself, my…

Growing up in the Bay Area, 2018 Grist 50 Fixer Favianna Rodriguez witnessed firsthand the impact that pollution and racial injustice had on her friends and family. Now an interdisciplinary artist and activist whose…

When most people hear the term palliative care, they look worried or confused. Introducing myself to patients and families as a palliative medicine physician, I commonly hear things like, “Does…

I was born in El Salvador at a time when the country was engulfed by civil war. I am an immigrant who has lived in the U.S. for the last…

“Two years after census 2020, many cities and states say the count wildly underestimated their residents, costing them significant federal and state money for the social services and infrastructure their areas need. The…

Importance  The association between hydraulic fracturing and human development is not well understood. Several studies have identified significant associations between unconventional natural gas development and adverse birth outcomes; however, geology and…

Unlike almost all other educational institutions in California, where students are now almost all fully back in person, California’s community colleges offer a dramatic – and concerning — contrast. On…

Scientists report that we have less than a decade to prevent the worst effects of climate collapse. Educators say we’ve lost years of learning in the past two years. And, a recent survey my organization partnered…

How the ‘test to treat’ initiative aims to get ahead of the next Going into the third year of the pandemic, public health experts are developing strategies to work within…