This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Voting Rights Act of 1965, a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement, outlawed many of the established legal barriers, but its impact has been reduced by another barrier that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We live in a rapidly-warming world that is saturated in meat. Even in the wake of a pandemic that shuttered processing plants, raised prices, and boosted sales of alternative meat, the $1.7…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. One of the most common questions I have been asked in the aftermath of the George Floyd protests against police violence is: “How can I help?” Chloe Cockburn, the program officer for criminal justice…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Federal Reserve’s so-called dual mandate to maintain overall price stability and maximum sustainable growth in U.S. employment is always on the minds of the U.S. central bank’s Federal Open…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. During the decade-long economic recovery following the Great Recession, Black family households lost much more wealth than white families, regardless of class or profession, according to a new study. Notably,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Driving is the most dangerous thing most Americans do every day. Virtually every American knows someone who’s been injured in a car crash, and each year cars kill about as…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new study shows that at least 1 in 5 hospitalized COVID-19 patients develops antibodies that attack their own tissue within a week of admission. Autoantibodies are antibodies directed at…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over one million U.S. military service members are members of the National Guard or reserves. These troops are being tested like never before, yet they do not receive the same…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The U.S.’s top envoy to Haiti resigned abruptly on Sept. 22, 2021, over the Biden administration’s “inhumane” treatment of Haitian migrants crossing the border via Mexico into Texas. The resignation…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. People don’t agree on much when it comes to food. But most think how we produce it isn’t working for everyone on the planet, nor for crucial natural systems vital…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. While many in North America and Europe have had the privilege of being double vaccinated, and schools and offices are slowly reopening making individual feel like the worst is now…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The UN Principles on Reparations and Immunity, which provides basic guiding principles around gross human rights violations, holds that “reparation should be proportional to the gravity of the violations and the…