This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 2005, when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, Samantha Montano was a high school junior in Maine. She signed up for a spring break service trip to help out in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Race and address may increase risk for diabetes-related amputation, according to a new study. The findings show that diabetes-related toe and foot amputations are higher in rural and Western American…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. My food trajectory is pretty simple. Chicago: tired, overcooked produce. Ann Arbor: tired, overcooked produce. Santa Monica, California, Technicolor year-round abundance that I am still not used to after most of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Houston often doesn’t receive funder attention until major climate change-fueled disasters: Hurricane Harvey in 2017, the Deer Park Chemical Fires in 2019, the 2020 Texas deep freeze, even the persistent…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Kathleen George grew up in Oregon hearing cautionary tales about the mythological figures Wolf and Coyote. One of those ikanum, or traditional stories, that sticks with her today is the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Felicia Sonmez was a political reporter at The Washington Post expecting to cover an explosive story on her beat — sexual assault allegations against then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh —…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The growth of nonprofit news outlets in America means that more foundations, philanthropists and donors are supporting local news than in the past. And the push by the Local Media Association (LMA) and Report for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Maintaining financial independence and self-sufficiency remains a constant struggle for the elderly and people living with disabilities in the United States. Today, people with disabilities and many seniors struggle to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It is commonly cited that financial aid for college has not kept pace with the rising cost of pursuing a degree. But too often this trend is simplistically measured. Though the problem…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the past two years, we have seen an unprecedented recognition of the Climate Emergency with mass climate protests, school strikes, warnings from the Bank of England and the urgency to deliver…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the last year the pandemic has laid bare the colossal inequities in our education system as teachers made a rapid shift to emergency teaching and found new ways to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Buckling roads and melting streetcar cables during the record high temperatures in the Pacific Northwest illustrate that “heat wave” is a buzz word this summer, and scientists blame climate change. The heat…