This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Recently I placed an empty cardboard box in the center of my preschool classroom of 4-year-olds. No label. No instructions. No purpose given, in an attempt to restore wonder and…
Whenever Adivasi communities express hesitation towards public systems, be it ‘free’ healthcare or education, it is often treated as a problem of our beliefs, behaviour, or a ‘lack of awareness’.…
The greatest form of love is healthy, safe, and thriving communities, achieved first through housing security. The best way to ensure that is to secure adequate, safe, and affordable housing…
People are leaving or avoiding living in states with abortion bans, a new paper shows — resulting in lower rental prices and higher vacancies than in states that protect reproductive…
Several years ago, Jared Cooney Horvath’s interest in teaching took a scientific turn. He entered teaching during a period he calls “the decade of the brain” — when much of…
For almost three years, Sudan’s networks of volunteer responders, known as the Emergency Response Rooms, or ERRs, have sustained communities through one of the most brutal and neglected wars of…
Behind the Sandy-Hassmiller Climate & Health Initiative are Lewis G. Sandy, M.D. (1982) and Susan Hassmiller, R.N., Ph.D., FAAN, whose decades of experience in leadership and public health inspired their investment…
In rural counties where access to emergency mental health resources is limited, Virtual Crisis Care programs are giving law enforcement on-demand access to behavioral health professionals, reducing unnecessary hospitalizations or confinement…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In Greek mythology, King Sisyphus was condemned by the god Zeus to spend eternity rolling a boulder up a hill only to have it roll back down, having to start…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new YouTube channel from author and researcher Jules Pretty makes the case for stories as a powerful tool for climate action and systems change. Pretty, an Emeritus Professor of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Protecting access to high-quality health care is central to health philanthropy, and that depends on a well-prepared, robust health workforce. For decades, grantmakers have supported health workforce pipelines across health…
Picture the bucolic little town of a fairy tale. At its core stand medieval buildings, a square where folks hawk their goods and perhaps a well to provide water. Beyond…