This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Despite serving only 13 percent of U.S. electricity load, electric cooperatives loom large in conversations about the U.S. energy system’s past, present and future. The initial vision for nonprofit electric co-ops…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Agriculture Department’s announcement that it is revising the food package on which benefit levels in the SNAP program (formerly known as food stamps) are based to reflect changes in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. New disease outbreaks, like the novel coronavirus that recently emerged in China’s Hubei province, generate headlines and attention. Meanwhile, however, Americans face a slower but much more pervasive health crisis:…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new study from the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future finds that further research is needed to determine the impacts of meat alternatives on the environment, animal welfare,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In its first six years, WomenStrong International has invested $15 million to nurture learning and lift up a growing community of organizations that center their work on the real-life needs and experiences…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Though the days of the coffee-fetching, fax-sending, thumb-twiddling intern are all but over, there is one vestige of the “first rite” of career passage that is stubbornly stuck in the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Hi everyone, with the collapse of the Afghanistan government, the devastating earthquake in Haiti, and the worsening pandemic, you might be thinking there are more important things to talk about…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Texas Supreme Court on Sunday temporarily blocked mask mandates in Dallas and Bexar counties, marking a pivotal moment in the showdown between state and local government as coronavirus cases…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. People who work outside increasingly risk their income, illness and even death as climate change ramps up extreme heat. That’s according to a first-of-its-kind study from the Union of Concerned Scientists, titled…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officially recommended on Aug. 12 and Aug. 13, 2021, respectively, that people who are moderately to severely…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Hospitals have long embraced the practice of outsourcing some services to specialized companies. Much of this outsourcing is for nonclinical tasks such as laundry, information technology and cybersecurity, and outsourcing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Sexual minorities are less likely to be employed or to have health insurance than their straight peers, a new U.S. study suggests. They are also more likely to report being in…