This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For months, Maria Cristina was hesitant about getting a COVID-19 vaccine. Her fears came from social media, where she heard ample amounts of misinformation about what was in the vaccine…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We are facing a “triple planetary crisis”—climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and a human health crisis. What is the connecting thread through all these crises? Dysfunctional food systems that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Information is power, but only if it comes in a form that makes sense to people, that’s accessible and coherent. Branden DuPont’s mission, in a nutshell, is to turn scattered…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The emergency evacuation that recently unfolded in Afghanistan once again placed a spotlight on the plight of the world’s refugees. It is a recurring crisis. In fact, the United Nations High…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Just a few months ago, we almost sang a song of triumph in the fight against the pandemic. The infection numbers drastically decreased in countries with high vaccination rates. The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This World Food Day came at a critical inflection point for our food systems. There is broad recognition that the way we eat now is failing to protect our health…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Investing in programs that reduce Texans’ energy consumption could cut demand by the same amount of power expected to be generated by a proposed fleet of gas-fired power plants and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the pandemic rages on, more and more organizations are acknowledging that this crisis didn’t create disparities, it exacerbated existing inequities. And it raised the stakes. As a social impact…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Like many, I have spent oodles of downtime on airplanes and on vacation devouring legal thrillers by the best-selling storyteller, John Grisham. Though John’s work is always a page-turner, it is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There is an ever-growing range of treatments to support mental health. Yet, we know little about what helps prevent or treat anxiety and depression in young people, and why – so we’re funding researchers across the world to better understand approaches to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For the last five years, Houston ISD’s governance has been a mess, to be blunt. One superintendent lasted just two years and was followed by two interim superintendents over a three-year period.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Population density and long-term exposure to air pollution influenced the speed at which COVID-19 spread through metropolitan areas, research finds. During the “first wave” of COVID-19 in the United States,…