This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s a foundational premise of the American dream: that through hard work and diligent study, young people can use education to access opportunities that were denied to their parents. However,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nearly half a decade has passed since the water crisis in Flint captured the attention of America, during which toxic water was delivered to a city of nearly 100,000 people for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Notwithstanding what a bad year 2020 was, when people said they “couldn’t wait for 2021,” I was skeptical. Why did they think that circumstances would change on December 31, 2020,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Despite their local impact, rural public colleges have received less per student in state appropriations than the national average, which includes state flagships and research institutions. Their tuition revenue is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. South Africa’s health department confirmed on Friday that the country is paying $5.25 per dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine – 2.5x more than what European Union members are set to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There have been tens of thousands of COVID-19 cases and hundreds of deaths reported among U.S. farmworkers and meat plant workers. Because there isn’t an official tracking system in place, these…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the last few years illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing has become more recognized as a national security concern. Fishing, a $401 billion global industry, provides 20% of the protein intake for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Mary Chris Barth knows how important it is to control the soil in the panhandle of Oklahoma. She’s the child of parents that grew up in the Dust Bowl. When…
Our economy doesn’t just need more jobs, it needs better jobs. The problem of eroding job quality long precedes, and now greatly exacerbates, our current extraordinary challenges of job and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A study by researchers at the University of Oxford finds that Paris climate agreement goals will be nearly impossible to reach without dramatic reductions in food-related emissions. The aim of the Paris Agreement is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Numerous companies have set 100 percent recyclable, reusable or compostable packaging goals such as Colgate-Palmolive and Kellogg. Virtually all these companies, though, are not tracking whether their packaging is actually recycled and what…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In a typical recession in the US economy, most job losses are permanent. Only a small percentage are considered temporary, where a worker can reasonably expect to be called back.…