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For many child-care providers, COVID-19 has led to large enrollment drops, heightened costs, and staffing challenges. For some, it has meant closure. In a recent statement, President Joe Biden called out the “acute, immediate child…

What is the role of business? I think it is fair to say that Milton Friedman’s (in)famous statement from 1970, “the social responsibility of business is to increase its profits,” is falling…

Entertainment in the form of film, theatre, and television has, since time immemorial, influenced the ways in which humans think and society behaves. Often, this happens inadvertently and depends significantly…

Inflation hit rural household budgets harder throughout much of 2022, but the rural-urban gap evened out by the end of the year, a report shows.

With child care, homeless families have a better chance at finding secure jobs, housing…

This semester, the Community College of Aurora rolled out the first microcredentials in its history. These short courses offer students the opportunity …

Recognizing the value farmers bring to the table, CORAF is working with them directly to build resilience in West and Central Africa.

A wholly-sustainable plastics industry is possible, researchers say. A new study shows what’s needed to make it a reality.

To solve the social, economic, and environmental challenges we face today, we need to rethink the status quo. Governments and other institutions around the world need to embrace new ways…

Home is where the inequality is, a new survey has revealed. A new poll for BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour found that 75 percent of women feel most unequal in their…

Congress just missed one of its best shots at improving health when the Senate failed to advance a bill that would have raised the minimum wage to US$15 an hour.…

For Black youth, a police encounter by eighth grade predicts they will be arrested by young adulthood, but research finds the same is not true for white youth. Black young…