Growing up in the Bay Area, 2018 Grist 50 Fixer Favianna Rodriguez witnessed firsthand the impact that pollution and racial injustice had on her friends and family. Now an interdisciplinary artist and activist whose…
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When most people hear the term palliative care, they look worried or confused. Introducing myself to patients and families as a palliative medicine physician, I commonly hear things like, “Does…
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Importance The association between hydraulic fracturing and human development is not well understood. Several studies have identified significant associations between unconventional natural gas development and adverse birth outcomes; however, geology and…
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Click here for more.By mid-March of 2020, it was clear that nonprofits in the U.S. would be tested as they had not been in at least a generation. They rose to the challenge,…
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The Covid-19 pandemic has given the world a painful primer on the power of exponential growth. On December 30, 2019, per the World Health Organization, there were two confirmed cases of…
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Unlike almost all other educational institutions in California, where students are now almost all fully back in person, California’s community colleges offer a dramatic – and concerning — contrast. On…
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How the ‘test to treat’ initiative aims to get ahead of the next Going into the third year of the pandemic, public health experts are developing strategies to work within…
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Click here for more.Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the indiscriminate use of deadly weapons of war, including cluster munitions and other explosive remnants of war (ERW), is showcasing, in real-time, the devastation that…
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Click here for more.Your passion always has been creating businesses that improve people’s lives. As we emerge into a post-COVID world, and given the growing inequities exacerbated by the pandemic, what is the…
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In 2017, our analysis of medical copays in prisons across the country brought to light the common but utterly backwards practice of charging incarcerated people unaffordable fees for their health care. At…
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In April of this year, the Oxford Business group released its “Agriculture in Africa 2021: Focus Report”. This report outlines the region’s export potential and food security challenges in the…
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Traditionally, world leaders have focused on cutting emissions in large, developed countries. Too little attention has been paid to energy-poor countries, home to half the world’s population but far fewer…