This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The federal government has released its first, long-awaited snapshot of schooling during the pandemic. A newly released federal survey shows that a huge swath of American school children — particularly…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the past 20 years, I’ve spoken with thousands of philanthropists and haven’t found a single slacker. Just the opposite. They put in lots of effort. But many confuse…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Families with loved ones incarcerated in New York State prisons pay some of the lowest phone fees in the entire country. Meanwhile, those with loved ones in the state’s county…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A big question among parents and teachers right now is whether their kids will be vaccinated against COVID-19 in time for the fall school semester. Some have wondered whether the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. You might soon have an additional app on your phone: a digital vaccination passport that allows people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 to travel, enter business establishments and attend…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Adán Vez Lira, a prominent defender of an ecological reserve in Mexico, was shot while riding his motorcycle in April. Four years earlier, the renowned activist Berta Cáceres was shot dead in her…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Located two-and-a-half hours southwest of Washington, D.C., on Virginia’s Valley Pike, the city of Staunton, Virginia, was founded in 1747. In 1856, the future twentieth-eighth president, Woodrow Wilson, was born…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Measuring impact has been perfected over the century, however, many key factors are sometimes overlooked. A key solution to assessing the longevity of impact is its sustenance over cultural and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Communities of color and working class communities are facing devastating consequences from the effects of climate change and the inequitable policies that have created broader environmental injustice in the U.S.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The largest opinion poll on climate change found two-thirds of people around the world believe we are in a “global emergency.” Unfortunately, there is a disconnect between what people believe…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. State tax appropriations for higher education fell 1.8% in fiscal 2021, but the losses were uneven among states and concentrated in the two-year sector, according to an analysis from the State…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Rachel Carson wrote her landmark book Silent Spring in 1962, she sparked the modern environmental movement. Her call for better corporate behavior when it comes to the environment took time to sink in,…