This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Starting in March, the COVID-19 US State Policy Database has cataloged 100 policies enacted by various states and the District of Columbia to combat the medical and financial woes of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen initially said all 17 million minks would be culled because the virus that causes Covid-19 had moved from humans to minks and back to humans.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Many migrant workers make double what they could at jobs closer to home. It’s a prospect they simply can’t turn down, says Sylvia Partida, CEO of the National Center for Farmworker…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nearly all older Americans support adding dental coverage to the Medicare program that covers most people over age 65, according to a new national poll. The poll also reveals how…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In response to the pandemic, workers both employed and unemployed have used digital platforms and tools to magnify their voices and meet their needs. They have launched online petition campaigns…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. America’s decades-long war on drugs has failed, simultaneously causing huge harms — fueling drug-related violence around the world and funneling millions of people into jails and prisons — and not…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced health care services and systems to make substantial, rapid changes to the ways in which they operate. It is likely that many of these changes…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Farming is a physically demanding job, no matter your body type. Women, however, are at a particular disadvantage when it comes to farming equipment. “These were designed for people of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Many wounded, ill, and injured U.S. military service members and veterans receive care and support from family members, friends, or acquaintances. The efforts of these military caregivers help those they…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Deviating from its more typical “best of (neighborhoods, doctors, crab shacks…)” lifestyle articles, Baltimore Magazine featured in its July issue a far less sunny piece on the ravaging impacts of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Research links the Affordable Care Act’s elimination of out-of-pocket costs for contraception with fewer births, especially among low-income families. Nearly half of pregnancies in the US are unplanned, and there’s…
Nonprofit CWI Labs, whose mission is to help underserved communities overcome workforce entry barriers, has partnered with WorkingNation to address the issue in a series of interviews for our An…