This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. From the moment schools shut down at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, it became clear that many districts were ill-equipped to support their students from afar. They just weren’t…
Senior analyst Lucia Retter, is joined by Lieutenant General Richard Nugee, the non-executive director for climate change and sustainability for UK Defence, to discuss a study on the implications of climate change for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. During a panel discussion organized by Food Tank, the Global Alliance for the Future of Food, and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), experts discuss strategies that enable the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Before COVID-19 came to campus, mental health treatment was an in-person affair. Fewer than 8% of colleges offered telephone therapy in 2019, and only 3% offered video, a survey of campus counseling center directors…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the course of the last year, it seems like almost every company in the U.S., and many around the world, have made statements to indicate their support of racial…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When COVID-19 reached the Sky Lakes Medical Center in Klamath Falls, Oregon, the uncertainty hit its frontline health care workers hard. “There’s been a lot more fear and death that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Our current economic, ecological, and social tensions attest to the urgency of fundamentally transitioning the way in which we organize economic activity and its relationship to society. Through a variety…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The U.S. fertility rate hit a record low in 2020 — just as it did in 2019, and 2018. Although the COVID-19 pandemic seems to have accelerated this decline, the drop has been underway for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new report from the American Academy of Arts & Sciences’ Commission on the Practice of Democratic Citizenship offers strategies and recommendations designed to help the country emerge from this current moment…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Biases and misperceptions at the K-12 level contribute to the gender gap in postsecondary STEM education and related careers, experts say. More male students favor math and have more confidence in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giant rivers of moist air that curl off from the tropics are responsible for most of the flooding in the Western United States, and scientists say these atmospheric rivers will…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The internationally agreed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are starting to become a reference point for a wide range of public and private actors. In recent weeks, for example, New York City…