This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the challenge created by high-level, aggregated data when addressing chronic food security and other lasting challenges affecting Africa—namely the masking of community-level differences, which inhibits…
Nearly 30 percent of the adult population in the country has had at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine. By now, you probably know quite a few people who’ve…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We can understand the effectiveness of the campaign in terms of the six-step framework of Aspirational Communication that I offer here. Step 1: Focus on People Who Are Ambivalent When…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Water experts have been sounding the alarm for some time about the potential impacts of climate change and a need to invest in their infrastructure. Those warnings have been coupled…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It is well-documented that some of the most polluted environments in America are where people of color live, work, play, and pray. Environmental racism increases pollution levels not only in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. During a presidential election debate on Oct. 22, 2020, former President Donald Trump railed against Democratic proposals to retrofit homes. “They want to take buildings down because they want to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A few weeks ago, a message popped up in the corner of my screen. “What do you think about people who have recently had COVID–19 getting the vaccine?” A friend…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A big question among parents and teachers right now is whether their kids will be vaccinated against COVID-19 in time for the fall school semester. Some have wondered whether the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. You might soon have an additional app on your phone: a digital vaccination passport that allows people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 to travel, enter business establishments and attend…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Friday morning’s much-anticipated shift in the federal government’s approach to social distancing in schools comes in response to a spate of new research, much of it showing that keeping students…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the COVID-19 vaccines reach more people across the country, some people have asked: Could we delay the second dose of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines to allow more people…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Americans are used to thinking of their doctor’s offices as the place to go for vaccinations, but the process for distributing the COVID-19 vaccine has largely bypassed primary care physicians.…