This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It was, says Renee King, the proverbial straw that broke the camel’s back. While attending a conference for aspiring Black tech entrepreneurs in 2019, she listened as a white “angel”…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Paging Dr. Internet, we need a diagnosis. In this series, Mashable examines the online world’s influence on our health and prescribes new ways forward. The 18-year-old’s father described the devastation…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Younger learners in Illinois showed major declines in English language arts and math on end-of-the-year exams, revealing the toll the pandemic may have taken on students, according to newly released…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On GivingTuesday, the Tuesday following Thanksgiving, people around the world celebrate generosity. GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate and celebrate…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Now that kids ages 5 to 11 are eligible for COVID-19 vaccination and the number of fully vaccinated people in the U.S. is rising, many people may be wondering what…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s easy for sustainability professionals — or anyone else for that matter — to fall into a sense of climate despair. So much work lies ahead if humankind has a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Most would agree that the opportunity to be healthy and well is a basic human right. Where the complications arise are in the varying beliefs on how to achieve healthy…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A group of five young climate activists are entering their ninth day of a hunger strike to demand that Democrats in Congress pass meaningful climate legislation as part of the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s unclear when the pandemic will come to an end. What may be an even more important question is whether the U.S. will be prepared for the next one. The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its blood lead reference value – the level at which children ages 1-5 are considered to have high exposure to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In his 2000 book “The America We Deserve,” future President Donald J. Trump argued that “we don’t have too many people in prison. Quite the contrary.” Trump added, “The next…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In May 2018, I was named the 2019 Kentucky Elementary Teacher of the Year and was offered an opportunity to take a semester-long sabbatical working with the Kentucky Department of…