This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The most obvious early effects of COVID-19 were the ways in which it shrank the spheres of life, work, and school. Within a few months of its emergence last winter,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has announced plans to allocate $650 billion worth of reserve funds to support a global economic recovery from COVID-19. Distributed in the form of reserve assets called Special…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. More than half a year has passed since the first vaccine for COVID-19 and almost half the US has protection against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. But there still isn’t one for…
John Campbell, Professor of General Practice and Primary Care at the University of Exeter, and Brandi Leach, Senior Analyst at not-for-profit research organisation RAND Europe, discuss how primary care practices can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. During the recent Food Systems Forum organized by Pinduoduo, food systems experts discuss plant-based diets as a vehicle to achieving planetary and human health. The panel, “How Can Consumers Eat Well Without Wrecking…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Many didn’t get back on schedule even after clinics reopened. The new study shows the effect may have been greatest in areas where such care is already likely falling behind…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the last 20 years, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, has failed to enforce a law that would have made U.S. cities and towns more resilient to the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At a time when the world is grappling with the urgent consequences of crises like climate change and the global COVID-19 pandemic, gender equality advocates say we need more women…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. An increase in the number of sex-based discrimination charges filed with the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in recent years prompted the research, says Eden King, an associate professor of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Chester E. Finn, Jr. of the Fordham Institute recently published a critique of the 2018 Brown Center Report on American Education. This post briefly responds to his primary critique. Finn laments that the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act expands on a 2010 law protecting animals subjected to “crush videos,” where small animals are seen crushed to death by faceless women…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. What happens when a group of filmmakers and journalists set out to answer the age-old question: How do we end global poverty? It turns out they harness the power of…