This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A proposed change to how states measure racial disparities in special education for federal data collection could limit transparency and make the issue harder to identify, according to public comments.…
The Holloway Family Foundation’s Annual Relay Grant is a streamlined, trust-based approach to grantmaking that places funding decisions in the hands of women nonprofit leaders of color. In 2020, several reports…
While the world moves from one breaking news story to the next, the voices and lives of Afghan women are quietly disappearing, cut off from public life, and the futures…
U.S. colleges hosted nearly 1.2 million international students in the 2024-25 academic year — a 4.5% increase in international student enrollment from the previous year and an all-time high —…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. One year after Hurricane Helene tore through Western North Carolina, the visible scars of the storm remain. Families are still displaced. Western North Carolina school buildings sit empty. But across…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Recent research from Citymeals on Wheels reveals that nearly half of New York adults over age 60 who use older adult centers and home-delivered meal programs experience food insecurity, exposing…
Dramatic increases in immigration arrests could be hurting students in the classroom, including U.S. citizen students from Spanish-speaking households. A study released Monday as a working paper from the National Bureau of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Naema Abdullah stands over a blackened pot of bubbling oil, her hands moving with practiced ease as she drops small rounds of dough into the heat. Around her, three other…
Around the world, civic spaces are shifting. There are growing restrictions on free expression and public participation, and it’s increasingly difficult for people to organise and speak out. For youth-led…
Gun violence is trending downward for more than three quarters of cities with the most shootings, according to a new analysis by The Trace’s Gun Violence Data Hub. For more…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When most people think about intergenerational mobility, they often assume it unfolds gradually over long periods of time, which unintentionally fails to empower economic mobility over shorter periods of time.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Molly Mandel is on a budget. Like many others her age, the 77-year-old retiree depends on her Social Security check and a small monthly pension to cover her expenses. She…