This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As soon as John Seigel-Boettner invites passengers onto his black trishaw, a three-wheeled electric bicycle with two extra seats upfront, downtown Santa Barbara seems to smile. Pedestrians wave and call…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Schools are essential places for children to access health services. An estimated 40 percent of school-aged children have at least one chronic health condition (National Survey of Children’s Health, 2019).…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Going into the fourth year without federal abortion rights protections, groups that helped overturn Roe v. Wade are focused on cutting off access to abortion pills. As multiple lawsuits over the abortion drug…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When wildfires began racing through the Los Angeles area on Jan. 7, 2025, the scope of the disaster caught residents by surprise. Forecasters had warned about high winds and exceptionally…
Four more people have died in Los Angeles County jails earlier this month, bringing this year’s death toll to 45. In the last 20 years, only 2021—the deadliest year on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Among the first actions President Donald Trump took upon assuming office in 2025 was a series of executive orders and memoranda targeting what his administration claimed was the “illegal” practice of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There are only three grocery stores in the 1,970-square-mile Rosebud Reservation, home to the Sicáŋğu Lak̇óta people in South Dakota. Many community members drive 20 miles to the nearest store…
Global philanthropy’s response to aid cuts has failed to act as swiftly to the array of international aid cuts this year as did to the Covid pandemic, according to a…
Student-athletes across the U.S. are now participating in National Signing Day, when some top high school recruits will officially commit to play for an institution in exchange for six- or…
When a flood, wildfire or other natural disaster hits, evacuating residents are much more likely to grab important documents, family photos, water and clothes than birth control, condoms or menstrual…
For a movement so often framed by loss—and confronting a particularly difficult moment—conservation is relearning how to talk about itself, linking conservation discursively to health, human rights, and local resilience.…
My fiancé left me a few months after I recovered from COVID-19. Recovered is probably the wrong word. I could remember my birthdate again. I no longer spoke nonsense when…