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During few times in our country’s history has leadership in education been more critical. Far too many communities continue to face the enduring impacts of systematic racism and generational poverty.…

Generative AI poses many benefits for the healthcare industry, but transparency and informed consent must be prioritized to avoid its risks.

The first survey in the U.S. to test public awareness of (PFAS) forever chemicals finds they are not so well-known.

During the 2022–23 school year, book bans occurred in 153 districts across 33 states.

Though college enrollment seems to be stabilizing after the pandemic disruptions, predictions for the next 15 years are grim.

If used effectively, low-cost federal loans and no-cost land transfers of federal assets can enable local leaders to prioritize affordable housing projects and increase transit ridership.

Recently published data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics show growing prison and jail populations, but this has little to do with crime. Instead, the …

As mobile home owners fight rising housing costs, some of them have hit upon a solution that also helps in the fight against climate change: banding together and buying the…

For decades, nonprofit organizations have played an increasingly central role in social justice campaigns in the United States, providing legal support, advocacy, and public education. Unlike the mid-20th century movements that…

A colleague recently told me that climate justice is about building ties between people, their land, and their traditional, ancestral ways. In all my years of doing environmental work, this…

Nearly $1B in federal funding will help decarbonize transportation and clean up some of the unequal health impacts of diesel pollution…

About 1 out of every 100 students in American public schools has autism. A subset of these students also have academic gifts and talents in a broad range of areas,…