This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea The discontinuation of the Biden administration’s monthly payments of the child tax credit could leave millions…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How quickly can we modify COVID-19 vaccines to tackle any new variants that arise? Jennifer Pancorbo has some answers. The ongoing battles with COVID variants Delta and Omicron highlight just…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Few scholars make as big an impact on their field as Professor Raj Chetty. As leader of the Equality of Opportunity Project, and with access to (anonymised) tax records, Chetty…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Los Angeles families are divided along racial lines and income levels over how well the Los Angeles Unified School District handled remote learning and other issues during the pandemic, a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For decades, our civil justice system has been inaccessible and inequitable to millions of people. These inequalities have only grown more severe during the COVID-19 pandemic, even as that system has become more…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Aurora schools decided to shorten their quarantine period to five days, aligning with new state and federal guidelines, school nurses found out almost at the same time that families did.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Gender pay equity for college administrators is better at women-led schools than those helmed by men, but institutions — especially top research universities — have their work cut out for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. People are understandably worn out, tired of thinking about COVID-19 and wanting to get back to a true normal. This so-called “pandemic fatigue” is real. But it’s also contributing to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Untapped Philanthropy the primary driver of true innovation and success in any DEI or technology initiative is partnership, communication, and support from collaborative groups. We all want to evolve our…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The global COVID-19 health and economic crisis compels us to act in the short-term—in the here and now. We can’t look away from the human health consequences without giving our…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We now know that coronavirus — much like police brutality, mass incarceration, and climate change — is not colorblind. It’s not that the virus itself differentiates by race, but, as with other…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s been one year since George Floyd’s murder by a Minneapolis police officer set off the largest protests in U.S. history and a national reckoning with racism. Beyond the protests,…