This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. People can’t protect their land if they can’t provide for their kids. Mulago’s mission is to meet the basic needs of the poorest people, and one of the most basic needs…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A jump in immigration enforcement arrests under the Trump administration is having a detrimental impact on America’s child care system, reducing the number of immigrant workers available and prompting mothers…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Panamanian Indigenous Ngäbe Buglé Peoples and fisherfolk have practiced ancestral fishing in the provinces of Veraguas, Bocas del Toro, and Chiriquí for more than a hundred years. In February…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In a dusty, unpaved school compound at the Kakuma Refugee Camp in northwestern Kenya, Umutoni and her classmates use waste paper to make briquettes for cooking. Nearby, other boys and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s 2005, and the computer room has been vibrating for two hours straight, my fingers gliding across the keyboard copying HTML and Java code while jamming to the latest R&B…
I don’t need to tell you that 2025 has been an extremely challenging year. Let me offer up an incomplete list of actions of the current presidential administration that should…
Looking back on 2025, it’s clear the world of work is evolving faster than ever. AI is finally delivering on its potential, with applications that are transforming the way work…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Imagine trying to navigate an unfamiliar city with a broken compass. The needle appears steady and reliable, instilling confidence in each turn you take. But unbeknownst to you, every step…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since its founding in 2020, Borealis Philanthropy’s Racial Equity in Journalism Fund has remained steadfast in its commitment to resourcing the community-rooted media ecosystem as an antidote to mis- and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 2016, anti-LGBTQ+ extremists broke into the apartment of Bangladesh’s only LGBTQ+ magazine editor, Xulhaz Mannan, and murdered him and friend Mahbub Rabbi Tonoy. Tara Asgar was there, but she managed to…
October was LGBTQ History month thanks to a history teacher from rural Missouri. Rodney Wilson made history in 1994 when he came out as gay to his St. Louis high school classroom, not far…
The Supreme Court on Dec. 5, 2025, agreed to review the long-simmering controversy over birthright citizenship. It will likely hand down a ruling next summer. In January 2025, President Donald…