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Something unusual happened this year in Idaho. Fire and health officials began issuing warnings about the health risks of wildfire smoke several weeks earlier than normal. With almost the entire…

Disparities in the treatment of women have widened across countries in the wake of the COVID-19, according to the third annual Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Index. Georgetown University’s Institute for…

Big farming is both a victim of climate change and a contributor. Droughts, floods and soil degradation threaten crop yields. But agriculture produces nearly one-quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions.…

Climate change is already affecting much of the world’s population, with startlingly high temperatures from the Arctic to Australia. Air pollution from wildfires, vehicles, and industries threatens human health. Bees and pollinators are dying in unprecedented numbers that may force changes in crop production and…

Soon after the start of the massive human displacement to the European Union caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, rumors and hoaxes about Ukrainian refugees began to spread online. In…

During a recent Food Tank Summit in Chicago, author, ESPN sports analyst, and NFL veteran Sam Acho discussed the ways that he is helping a Chicago neighborhood address food apartheid.…

In our post-pandemic and post-George Floyd world, I want my students to feel empowered and have agency. This is why, in my lessons with my 10th graders last semester, I…

For the Laudick family of Greensburg, Indiana, life forever changed on Aug. 5, 2013. That was the day 4-year-old Leah Laudick told her mom, Shelly, that she had a bad…

Although housing is a basic human need, affordable housing is increasingly difficult to attain for many Americans. Housing is considered “affordable” if it consumes less than 30% of a household’s…

Earlier this year, a Marshall Project investigation revealed that dozens of young people had been held under brutal conditions of isolation and deprivation at a quietly-opened facility in St. Martinville, Louisiana. The…

Though the term is increasingly bandied around, what does ‘decolonising philanthropy’ mean and how does it work? Reading the term ‘decolonising philanthropy’ is likely to evoke mixed feelings. Some may…