This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Recent research by consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has shown that women have lost their jobs at a higher rate than men in the world’s wealthiest countries, while according to the UN, violence against…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Thalia Jones had always liked the idea of becoming an educator. But she wanted to make sure it would be the right fit. “I needed reassurance to know that I…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. With our country’s growing awareness of its own deep and systemic inequities prompting long-overdue reflections about how institutions need to change, the social sector is asking important questions about who…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Being stuck at home has turned out to be a great way to help the U.S. honor its Paris Agreement commitment to cut greenhouse emissions by 26% to 28% below…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 2018, when journalists like myself started reporting that China was putting Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in internment camps, experts said we shouldn’t call it genocide — yet. Though they said…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Olivier De Schutter recently conducted a two-month mission to the European Union, where women are more likely to fall into poverty than men, a situation that has further deteriorated as a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. New research from California shows a sizable decline in applications for university financial aid during the first phases of the COVID-19 pandemic. The trend among first-year college students has not…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Exposure to pollen can make you more susceptible to COVID-19, and it isn’t just a problem for people with allergies, new research released March 9 shows. Plant physiologist Lewis Ziska,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. An old friend of Robert Frost’s was driving him home on a moonlit August night, with huge stars in the sky. The friend mused, ‘On a night like this, I…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. People are eager to return to normal after a year of coronavirus, but is the U.S. there yet? Hardly. The ongoing psychological and spiritual damage caused by the pandemic is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Involving families in the education of our students is crucial to their success. Beyond just involving families, schools need to strive for family engagement and the creation of partnerships between…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For far too long, ZIP codes have had the power to shape people’s access to opportunity, upward mobility, and even how long they live. This fundamental injustice—birthed from generations of spatially distributed structural racism—has…