This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Los Angeles Unified School District is not only the nation’s second largest school system. It is also one of the most unique with a student body that is 73…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Wolfgang Blau, the co-founder of the Oxford Climate Journalism Network, discussed the findings of his research on media and climate change in a lecture last week at Oxford University, and published the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic is far from over, particularly inside prisons and jails. The death rate from COVID-19 in prisons is more than double that of the general U.S. population. As cases and hospitalizations…
Why do so few young people in the United States vote? Researchers have investigated. For some reason, there’s a big gap between young Americans’ intention to vote and the chance…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Retired financier Oscar Tang, along with his wife, Agnes Hsu-Tang, are giving the Metropolitan Museum of Art US$125 million. Their gift, announced in November 2021, will help pay for a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Amanda Gardner, an educator with two decades of experience, helped to start a new charter elementary and middle school outside of Seattle last year, she did not anticipate teaching…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Diverse representative leadership in the United States is taking on deeper meaning in 2022 – especially for the nation’s 22.9 million Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who call the country home. Anti-Asian…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Severe heat kills more people in the United States than any other hazardous weather-related event. As climate change accelerates, the sweltering heat will become much more extreme, and the associated mortality rate will…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Here are some of the building blocks of our foundation advocacy journey, which is relatively new: Advocacy can include many different elements, large and small. Provide board members with examples…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The last few years have seen significant victories for the guaranteed income movement — the push to simply give people cash with no strings attached. Pilot programs in places ranging…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the 2022 midterm election season gets underway, speculation is already mounting that it’s going to be another banner year for female candidates. Early reports suggest that Black women and Republican women are especially poised to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian homeowners. According to the US Census Bureau, there are 2.1 million Native households in the United States. Of these,…