This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After COVID-19 started spreading in China, Iran emerged as one of the first countries the virus widely circulated, quickly surpassing infection rates of other countries at that time. Operating in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the world struggles against the current coronavirus crisis, could social and economic transformations follow as before? Below, Stanford University historian Walter Scheidel takes on this question, looking at how disease outbreaks…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Blockchain technology has been proposed — and is being piloted — for all manner of supply chain applications, particularly for verifying the provenance of source of materials, commodities, food or…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Students in a horticulture class at Veritas Academy in Queens were scooping soil into plastic soda bottles with sawed-off bottoms, creating mini-ecosystems with layers for plants, compost, and a small…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new study examined out-of-hospital cardiac arrest records in Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties from March 23 through May 31, 2020. Researchers compared those records to data for the same…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced us to fundamentally rethink the design, implementation, and measurement of our Girls’ Education Program (GEP) at Room to Read to ensure girls are supported, continue…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. One of Uganda’s most accomplished female boxers, Hellen Baleke, is using her skills in the ring to teach women to empower and defend themselves. Baleke has made it her mission…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Tufts University campus was a quiet place in the fall, where students were scolded to stay in their dorms, checked frequently for Covid-19 and — if they tested positive…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The development and approval of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines less than a year after the start of the pandemic is a truly remarkable achievement, offering hope that the end…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Lest 2020 be forgot and never brought to mind—a hope more than a few of us hold—existing trends that accelerated during the pandemic will continue in 2021. That’s what lies…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. By Edgar Villanueva After an unprecedented year of crisis that has left tens of millions across the globe unemployed, without health care, and struggling to put food on the table,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since 2018, I’ve been administering an economic pilot to help marginalized groups find high-tech careers. Soon after I began, it became clear that mental health challenges were a critical factor for the…