This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Despite the numerous pandemic-related disruptions we’ve faced over the last year and a half, one aspect of American life has remained generally consistent. Across the country, individuals and families have…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. People who work outside increasingly risk their income, illness and even death as climate change ramps up extreme heat. That’s according to a first-of-its-kind study from the Union of Concerned Scientists, titled…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The sudden end to America’s longest war came Sunday as the Taliban rolled into the capital of Afghanistan and the national government collapsed. Thousands of U.S. citizens and Afghans who…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Before they became climate migrants, the people of Enseada da Baleia had lived on Cardoso Island, a secluded, wildlife-rich community about 170 southwest of São Paulo, for over a century. As caiçaras, coastal-dwelling…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nonprofits are working to get emergency support to people in Afghanistan and assisting Afghan refugees arriving in the U.S. Check back for more listings. Afghan Health Initiative: Short-term Emergency Host…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the world begins to emerge on the other side of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a new-found realization of the interconnectedness of the big, hard issues we face and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The number of unaccompanied children taken into border authority custody after crossing the U.S. Southern Border is growing dramatically by the day. In January and February alone, there were 15,000 unaccompanied children…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In recent years, restrictive immigration policies, such as expansions to the public charge rule, have led many immigrant families to avoid safety net programs. Although the Biden administration has stated that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Metropolitan transit systems increasingly limit payment to electronic and prepaid fares on board their vehicles to increase the speed of boarding, provide more opportunities to collect ridership data to inform…
Early 2021 saw record-setting numbers of unaccompanied children arriving at the southwest border, accompanied by much public scrutiny over their care while in federal custody. Less attention has been paid,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Trauma can affect students greatly, and when this trauma includes the fear of being deported or the fear of a family member being deported, students can have a difficult time…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. From mid-March 2020 through the start of May, as COVID-19 spread across the United States, more than 33 million U.S. workers lost their jobs, with unemployment rising faster among immigrants…