This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s no secret that the COVID-19 pandemic has taken a disproportionate toll on people of color, and in underinvested places—in the form of higher death rates, steeper unemployment, and deeper…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In recent weeks, one piece of data has gotten a lot of attention: 99.5% of all the people dying from COVID-19 in the U.S. are unvaccinated. We are two researchers…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I first joined MSF in September 2014, as part of the response to the West African Ebola outbreak that hit Liberia that year. On the day I applied for the role, I saw everyone…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Even though Americans shared the experience of living through a global pandemic, their individual attitudes towards it differed and evolved – sometimes dramatically. We study risk perception. Using public opinion…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Prisons and jails in the United States have been increasingly deadly places in recent years, according to new federal data. But one cause of death has climbed most dramatically: overdoses. From…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Long before the current political divide over climate change, and even before the U.S. Civil War (1861-1865), an American scientist named Eunice Foote documented the underlying cause of today’s climate…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Djeneba Sy has a way of standing out from the crowd, even one as hectic as this. The senior at Democracy Prep Harlem High School stood smiling behind a desk…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Shock, confusion, embarrassment – for every #MeToo account that comes to light, many in our community have pondered why those with Jewish perpetrators hit us the hardest. We often think…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For over forty years, the Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP) has worked to produce equal outcomes for children, families and communities. The organization’s commitment to equity, especially…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This past school year, Chicago leaders pointed to grading and attendance numbers as evidence the pandemic had caused more academic damage for the district’s Black and Latino students. But data obtained by…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. What if you made it much easier for workers of color to become business owners, and thus build wealth much faster? What if you offered creative, revenue-based loans to underserved…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “Rural hospitals must leverage the full resources of their communities in order to survive.” That’s the “most critical” lesson learned from last year’s closing of Williamson Memorial Hospital in West Virginia, Taylor…