This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When it comes to providing play opportunities to children with disabilities, not all playgrounds are created equal. On most playgrounds in the United States, complex play structures with lots of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In a world on fire, in the grips of a global health pandemic and social crisis, and at the brim of a steep economic downfall, we all agree on the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A recent survey by the Nonprofit Finance Fund found that 60 percent of nonprofits experienced conditions in 2020 that threatened their long-term financial stability. As a result, most nonprofits had to reimagine…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Many hazardous chemicals that cause health issues are still in use in industrial, commercial, and private settings, despite well-documented harms. As the federal government implements the 2016 Frank Lautenberg Chemical…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The US has one of the world’s most reliable water and wastewater systems, yet 2 million people lack running water and basic indoor plumbing. The nonprofit organizations DigDeep and US…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Family planning is a core component of achieving gender equality and plays an important role in reducing poverty — but 232 million women around the world still lack access to contraceptive methods,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Despite the accelerated growth of the field of implementation science, critical lessons have yet to be learned about the best implementation approaches to reduce the persistent disparities in mental and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Early on in the pandemic, global health experts envisioned a nightmare scenario: Covid-19 vaccines are created, but they go almost exclusively to rich countries that can afford to buy them.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As a child growing up on his family’s subsistence farm in Puebla, Mexico, Abel Luna loved helping to plant corn and other crops. But in 2001, when he turned 13,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Organic meat is half as likely to contain multidrug-resistant bacteria as conventional meat, according to a new analysis of contamination data collected from nearly 40,000 samples of chicken, pork, beef,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Why do some places incarcerate people at much higher rates than others? We considered this question in 2019, when we compared prison incarceration rates across U.S. counties, finding a wide range that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The report, titled ‘German funding for LGBTIQA+ human rights work in the Global South and East’, surveys and documents funding from Germany for LGBTIQA+ human rights work. “For vulnerable minorities…