
To Boost Black Men in Medicine, Advocates Are Turning To Sports
High-performing athletes possess many of the skills and attributes that physicians need, supporters of the strategy say.
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What Everyone Should Know About Reconstruction 152 Years After the 15th Amendment's Ratification
Many historians and other scholars say what Americans have traditionally learned about the complex period that followed the Civil War falls short of what we should know.
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15 American Women Athletes Who Broke Barriers
The sports world would be very different without any of the women mentioned on this list. It’s impossible to deny the significant accomplishments of these athletes, but many of them represent more than medals, trophies, and numbers on scoreboards.
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How Cleveland Is Salvaging Old Buildings To Create a New Circular Economy
When two Cleveland-area nonprofits embarked on major building projects, they also set the lofty goal of going green. They used deconstruction, or the practice of carefully dismantling old buildings for reuse, to reduce the amount of waste going to a landfill.
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How To Become a Refugee in 3 Days
A voice in the dark – “wake up, we need to go.” You cannot think where you’re supposed to go at 5 a.m., you’ve worked in war zones but you were never there when the bombing started. This is how it feels you think, while finding it hard to believe that around you there’s a war.
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Camden, Newark, and Baltimore restore tree equity in marginalized communities
Maps of the hottest areas in major American cities often correspond almost directly to redlined areas on maps from nearly a century ago. Tree equity is an opportunity to create positive change.
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This church is loving thy neighbors — one paid medical debt at a time
“Will they be able to solve every person’s medical debt? No. But for those people they do, it’s life-changing.”
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Oregon is turning sewage into an endless supply of green energy
Converting poop into heat and electricity offers a tantalizing proposition: more waste equals more clean power...
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Need a Dose of Climate Optimism? Look to Charlottesville Business Collaborative
A Charlottesville business alliance is quickly progressing toward a goal of cutting carbon pollution by 45% by the end of 2025. Successes include energy audits and a family-owned fossil fuel distributor’s unlikely embrace of solar power.
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Biden's Policies Aren’t the Only Possible Solutions to America's Gun Violence Epidemic
As some lawmakers extend thoughts and prayers, firearms continue to impose a greater toll on Black communities
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Summer Reading: 5 Books on the Joys and Challenges of LGBTQ+ Teen and Young Adult Life
In recognition of Pride Month, we're recommending the best young adult fiction books that feature LGBTQ+ characters.
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