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The world must halt its increase in greenhouse gases within the next three years, cut them by 43% in the next seven, and eliminate them entirely by 2050 to avoid…

The concerns and priorities of 62,000 New York City residents were collected earlier this year in the largest-known public survey in the city’s history. Earlier this month, NYC Speaks, a…

The pandemic upended “traditional schooling” and, in many aspects, what students saw as their role in their education. Our longstanding education system continues to depend on students “just showing up…

Our Shared Seas spoke with Alison Bowden—an aquatic scientist and the Conservation Director for Rivers, Coasts, and Oceans for The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in Massachusetts—to explore why water quality is an…

The pandemic has taken a toll on many families’ economic security. Some families with low incomes lost employment or work hours, and families with children experienced heightened food insecurity and struggled to pay for…

A few months before the pandemic began, the two of us met for the first time at a Panera Bread cafe in Raleigh, N.C., to discuss how our new nonprofit…

“Traditionally, advocacy has been a few people speaking on behalf of others. But…it is also about movement building and power building, grassroots engagement, and community organizing. It is about people…

When it comes to shifting away from a carbon-based economy, the two big questions are “how” and “how fast.” Answering either will require a parallel shift in employment priorities. Fortunately,…

Glenn Albright, a professor, and clinical psychologist at Baruch College at the City University of New York, may have an idea to help educators taking care of those teens: virtual…

With yet another COVID-19 booster available for vulnerable populations in the U.S., many people find themselves wondering what the end game will be. The mRNA vaccines currently used in the…

Muslim-Americans have been at the center stage of U.S. political and socio-economic debates in recent years. Probably the reason being the fastest-growing demographics in the U.S., with around 1.1% of…