This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Good health is essential to sustainable development, and is a cornerstone of LISC’s comprehensive approach to investing. LISC has long recognized that conditions where people live, work, visit, do business…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On the dusty outskirts of Bakersfield, Rosa Perez and her family are living without a basic housing amenity — clean water. Though they pay the water bill each month, what…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Controlled Studies Ease Worries of Widespread Long COVID in Kids: Via Stat. “Over the last two years, experts’ understanding of long COVID in children has deepened. Several peer-reviewed studies now include control…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The US has a massive shortage of Black, Latinx, and Indigenous professionals in high-skill health-care roles. Black Americans are only 4 percent of physicians and less than 7 percent of recent…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As of July 2021, a total of 83.6 million Americans were insured through either Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program. That’s almost 1 in 4 Americans, with 76.7 million…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The collective realization about our acceptance of polluted air has been one of the most spectacular realities unveiled by the new coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). As personal vehicle miles fell dramatically, skies in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. One of the most effective ways to promote children’s health is to reduce air pollution, according to a meta-analysis of 45 studies exploring the link between air pollution and stunting. The researchers…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A multidecade study of young adults living in the United Kingdom has found higher rates of mental illness symptoms among those exposed to higher levels of traffic-related air pollutants, particularly…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, affectionately known as RGGI (pronounced “Reggie”), is becoming the coolest climate club on the East Coast. The program, which went into effect in 2009, places…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic is far from over, particularly inside prisons and jails. The death rate from COVID-19 in prisons is more than double that of the general U.S. population. As cases and hospitalizations…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought up tons of data questions — what information should we be collecting, what can it tell us (and what does it fail to tell us)…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Some critics of Black Lives Matter say the movement itself is racist. Their frequent counterargument: All lives matter. Lost in that view, however, is a historical perspective. Look back to…