This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As COVID-19 vaccines continue to roll out around the world, they’ve offered us some hope in tackling the pandemic and getting back to normalcy — but unless they can reach everyone on the planet, that’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Mayors expect their residents to spend more time outdoors after being inspired to do so amid the coronavirus pandemic, but few leaders are looking to incorporate pandemic-fueled changes to those…
Fear, misinformation, and mistrust are obstacles to widespread acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine. Among older adults and other groups, this jeopardizes equitable distribution of vaccine and efforts to control spread…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For decades, California, like much of the United States, has struggled with gaps in its health care workforce. Today, seven million Californians live in Health Professional Shortage Areas—a federal designation for counties…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Visibility within the transgender community is often a Catch-22, especially for trans people of color, or those living in rural, conservative areas. Hiding one’s identity can be a damaging experience…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. California colleges and universities should permanently adopt policies that were put in place to better support students during the pandemic. These practices can help students graduate more quickly, lessening debt…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing is a global problem that removes 32 million tons of seafood from the ocean each year – as much as one-quarter of the seafood eaten worldwide.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Early in 2020, the first shelter-in-place measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19 forced millions into physical and social isolation and introduced the grave consequences of loneliness to many who…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Health disparities along racial and socioeconomic lines are a persistent challenge for policymakers and researchers looking to improve health outcomes. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted and at least temporarily exacerbated these patterns:…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Public spaces centered on community engagement and the needs, history, and issues relevant to residents were best able to adapt and thrive during the COVID-19 pandemic, a report from the John…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since the start of the pandemic, there have been more than 492,000 documented cases of COVID-19 among inmates and staff in US prisons, jails, and detention centers, according to the COVID…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Oftentimes phrases such as “racial equity journey” and “doing the work” are paired together in conversations devoted to issues of equity. But what exactly does the journey look like? What…