This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If you worry about inequity in wealth and income and in policing and incarceration, you should keep digging to uncover what might be the biggest source of inequity in America–school…
Giving Compass’ Take: • This report analyzes the current state of SNAP and discusses the future of food safety net programs in the United States. • What key role do…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The murder of George Floyd by a police officer — one in an unbroken string of unjust Black deaths at the hands of law enforcement — has triggered an unprecedented…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The FDA is currently considering clinical trials for a drug that would delay aging. The idea of extending human longevity is a controversial one, with some arguing for immortality and others arguing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Corporate giants Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and J.P. Morgan announced a new, independent healthcare company in late January that will remain “free from profit-making incentives and constraints”—a move that leverages their corporate reach…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. New lesson plans from Kids Can Make a Difference (KIDS) aim to help students around the world understand the root causes of hunger. The program, called Hunger Now, encourages young people…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. COVID-19 school closings have harmful learning and earnings effects on the welfare of students and the nation. But effective educational approaches are available to help young people overcome these negative…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Edith Prentiss, a 68-year-old resident of New York City’s Washington Heights neighborhood, has relied on a wheelchair for 28 years because of a badly injured right leg. She struggles to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over 35 million eligible voters in the U.S. have disabilities, and yet a study by the United States Government Accountability Office estimates that 83% of polling places surveyed have one…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “It is in proximity,” as public interest lawyer Bryan Stevenson says, “that we understand things we cannot understand from a distance.” For the last 12 years, college faculty working with…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For this story, NPR spoke with students, parents, caregivers, shelter managers and school leaders across the country about what it means, in this moment, to be homeless and schoolless. Remote…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day. No matter how a state may reference the day, whether it is recognized as Native American Day, First Peoples’ Day, or American Indian Day, in Indian…