Alessandro Ossola – Assistant Professor, University of California, Davis As lockdowns went into effect in the spring of 2020 to slow the spread of the coronavirus, reports emerged of a global…
Anna Nagurney – Professor and Chair in Integrative Studies, UMass Amherst The blood supply in the U.S. is now at its lowest level in over a decade. Many of the nation’s…
Jacob Orchard – Doctoral Candidate in Economics, University of California San Diego The fastest rate of inflation in 40 years is hurting families across the U.S. who are seeing ever-higher prices for…
Steven Friedman – Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg Now, and in the past, “following the science” on COVID-19 has landed South Africa in trouble. This is not an…
For months, fans were relegated to watching their favorite singers and musicians over Zoom or via webcasts. Now, live shows – from festivals like Lollapalooza to Broadway musicals – are officially back. The songs…
Katelyn Jetelina – Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston A year and a half into what the World Health Organization officially declared a pandemic on March…
Lana Ruvolo Grasser – Ph.D. Candidate and Graduate Research Fellow, Wayne State University A few years ago, framed by the skyline of Detroit, a group of about 15 children resettled…
By Cory Turner, NPR and Christine Herman, WILL / Illinois Public Media Kai Humphrey, 9, has been learning from home for more than a year. He badly misses his Washington, D.C., elementary school,…