This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In his history of Williamson, West Virginia, Okey P. Keadle—a member of Williamson High School’s inaugural, 1918, graduating class—describes the fire of 1906 that destroyed some 20 downtown buildings. In…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Shipments of nine million COVID-19 vaccine doses are being delivered from the UK to countries around the world this week to help fight the pandemic. The deliveries are much needed because,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Careful surveillance and study of Sars-cov-2 variants will help determine the public health threats they pose and the mitigation efforts they require. SARS-CoV-2 has already mutated since it was first…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the past 30 years, board committee structures have been streamlined. Many boards are looking for more flexible ways of managing their workload while adjusting to the board’s evolving needs. According…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Richard Hood, a retired literature professor living in Greene County, Tennessee, sums up a fear many people have about growing older: “I turned out to be a fairly typical example of the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. New York City teachers will be required to be vaccinated by the time school reopens in September, or be tested weekly, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday. The city is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Black Americans are much more likely than White Americans to live near freeways, factories, and other heavy air polluters. That’s not a failure of public policy; it’s a result of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Around the world, “a Great Trust Crisis — a tinderbox of disaffection that could erupt with unpredictable consequences,” is brewing, Foreign Policy’s Indranil Ghosh wrote in January 2020 (para. 10). That was…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Tona Barkley lives in the small town of Owenton in northeastern Kentucky between the cities of Louisville and Cincinnati. Just like her neighbors, she’s one of the more than 42…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Mudslides and flooding triggered by torrential rains hit towns surrounding Lake Como in northern Italy this week, blocking roads and trapping dozens of people inside their homes. With more rains…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After a year of prolonged school closures due to the Covid-19 pandemic, California’s educators have been hard at work readying to open to full-time, in-person learning across the state. Schools…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Public spaces have long been shown to enhance community well-being—producing positive health, environmental, economic, and social outcomes for residents who can access them. The COVID-19 pandemic made these benefits increasingly obvious,…