This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Mass incarceration has contributed to significant, harmful, and lasting racial and class disparities in America’s federal and state prisons. In 2017, for example, Black people accounted for 12 percent of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The rise of coronavirus variants has highlighted the huge influence evolutionary biology has on daily life. But how mutations, random chance and natural selection produce variants is a complicated process,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, communities in Louisiana have struggled to recover while also dealing with a stream of other disasters, natural and manmade. In August, Hurricane Ida made…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A few months into the semester, Alex and his classmates embarked on a collaborative project that required students to research and create online using a variety of interactive tools. I…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Schools across the country are turning to technology to help them better serve students who don’t speak English, who are at risk and who are adult learners back in school…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 2015, the state of North Carolina paid $750,000 to Henry McCollum to compensate for the 30 years the innocent man spent on death row. Seven months later, he was…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Part four in a multi-part series on Clean Energy Districts (CED) and policies to make CEDs “universal local” institutions. Read part one, part two, part three, and part five. Clean Energy…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The evacuation of more than 100,000 civilians from Afghanistan is over, and Afghan refugees have started arriving in the United States, at military bases in other countries, or elsewhere for asylum processing.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If we are truly going to “build back better” after more than 18 months of unprecedented disruption, we need to address not only economic recovery but also key social and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It has been a week and a half since Hurricane Ida hit the Gulf Coast and the devastating impacts of the Category 4 storm are still being felt throughout the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As millions enjoyed Labor Day with backyard barbecues, millions more reported to low-wage jobs, working unpredictable hours and facing difficult conditions that have come to characterize work for too many…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Is there any school district whose students experienced more disruptions than those in New Orleans? Between the major storms of Katrina and Ida there have been dozens of hurricanes and…