This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, in 2016 there were 65.6 million people globally who were forcibly displaced, more than ever. Increasingly, the proportion moving to urban areas is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Americans can disrupt extreme poverty in the only place it’s growing — rural Africa. Thanks to technology, and the untapped capacity of villages to solve their own problems, we can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Education Secretary Justine Greening has announced a £23m fund to support bright children from poorer backgrounds in England whose talent might otherwise be “wasted”. The aim is to reverse a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The chair of the Federal Communications Committee (FCC) voted to end the 2015 Open Internet Rules on December 14. The 2015 order provided the US with net neutrality rules that said all…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Guatemala is a tough place to be a kid. The fastest growing country and primary recipient of U.S. remittances in Central America is also one of the hemisphere’s poorest nations,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We’re still several years out from 2020, but funders are already preparing for a census that experts believe will be unusually fraught by challenges like underfunding, cybersecurity threats, partisan sabotage…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 2015, United Nations member states agreed to make Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2030 one of the Sustainable Development Goals. Why? Because without satisfactory health coverage for individuals, the well-being of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Dustin Gordon grew up thinking he would work the land. He’s from Sharpsburg, Iowa, population 89, where agriculture is the lifeblood of the region. He says most of his friends…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On Wednesday, we attended the Young Farmers Conference, held annually at the Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture in upstate New York. Even though it’s a conference for ag-idealists,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. One woman’s supervisor told her he’d give her credit for working a shift at a Charlestown bread company if she went home with him instead. When she resisted his advances,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the past 10 years, a remarkable institution in California has been fueling sustained progress in closing the digital divide, bringing many thousands of low-income households the benefits of broadband…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As asthma rates rise in the United States, researchers and policymakers are looking at the impact housing quality has on adverse health outcomes. A new healthy homes module released with…