This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Not so long ago, it seemed the data on COVID-19 held a degree of comfort when it came to children: not too many of them got infected, fewer still got…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In early 2020, the COVID-19 global pandemic was touted as “the great equalizer.” As COVID-19 cases rose and the global death toll dominated daily headlines, things never seemed so daunting. Nobody…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Noël Harmon, PhD, president and executive director of Asian Pacific Islander American Scholars (APIA Scholars), believes that all Asian and Pacific Islander Americans should have access to higher education and resources…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. According to the World Food Programme (WFP), hunger has been on the rise since 2015 and, by 2020, 768 million people are chronically suffering from the problem. In the same…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After two years of disrupted schooling, most everyone planned for in-person classes and a return to some normalcy. But the highly transmissible Delta variant is complicating those plans as it…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For Americans wary of COVID-19 vaccine mandates, like the sweeping requirements President Joe Biden announced Sept. 9, 2021, it seems there are plenty of leaders offering ways to get exemptions…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The debate over critical race theory has played out in TV studios, school board meetings and state legislatures across the U.S. It has also found its way into churches. The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Black women who have experienced more racism throughout their lives have stronger brain responses to threat,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. With the FDA approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and the continued surge of the delta variant, governments across the world have renewed their push to increase the number of vaccinated…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Students who are gender nonconforming, genderqueer or transgender are more than four times as likely as their cisgender peers to experience one or more mental health issues, according to a new…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The hidden driver of low youth turnout isn’t a lack of political interest or motivation, Holbein and Hillygus write. It’s that the act of voting is “costly.” Citizens have to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Anabel Garza’s story is well-chronicled, the age-old tale of a principal trying to turn around an impoverished school with failing tests scores. In 2012, a book titled, “Saving the School:…