This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Trump administration expanded COVID-19 vaccine eligibility recommendations to include anyone over the age of 65 on Tuesday, but experts warn that without strategies to ensure women frontline workers are immunized, progress…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. To mitigate health inequities and promote social justice, coronavirus vaccines need to get to underserved populations and hard-to-reach communities. There are few places in the U.S. that are unreachable by…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. While the US continues to reckon with its long-simmering struggle against racial injustice, it is important to remember that racism is not just a homegrown problem – we are also…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Despite Covid-19 surges in Europe, the United States of America’s extraordinary death toll remains among the worst in the developed world. As of January 9, 2021, nearly 373,000 people have…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. While enrollment in higher education overall fell 2.5 percent in the fall, or by more than 461,000 students compared to the fall of 2019, the decline among men was more than…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Stopping carbon pollution alone will not bring climate justice. Reaching net-zero by 2050 will not either. Neither will achieving 100 percent renewable energy targets. The entire economy is being rebuilt.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. With the COVID-19 infection rate in prisons four times that of the general U.S. population, public health and medical experts are urging prisons to reduce their populations to save lives. But governors and corrections officials are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Independent Sector is in conversations with the Biden-Harris Transition Team on behalf of the nonprofit and philanthropic community about sector needs. In discussions, the Biden-Harris team asked Independent Sector for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Record-setting wildfires torched huge swaths of western states in 2020. They blotted out the sun, produced hazardous air pollution in cities far from the blazes, and sent toxic smoke wafting…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Among the legacies that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. left was an unrelenting dedication to serving others. As we prepare to honor his life and legacy, we must recommit ourselves…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated the child care market and forced many child care programs to close their doors—leaving parents with even fewer options. But in addition to creating new challenges, the pandemic…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Large influxes of asylum seekers and other migrants to Europe from Muslim-majority countries have inevitably led to a significant rise in the number of Muslims in Germany, who in 2016…