In July of 1995, Chicago experienced an intense heatwave, watching temperatures climb tas high as 106 degrees Fahrenheit while feeling like124 degrees. Over the five days this extreme heat lasted, 739 people died, most of them Black, low-income, and ...
Putting on a pair of glasses should not be enough to identify a stranger, pull up their home address, and turn a chance encounter into a data profile. But in 2024, two Harvard students did exactly that. Using Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses, the facia...
Tropical forests are one of our most crucial defenses against climate change, but they are disappearing at an alarming rate. A record 6.7 million hectares of rainforest were lost in 2024, largely due to agriculture and human-caused wildfires—result...
Squeaky chalkboards and overhead projectors have been classroom staples for decades, but the landscape of public education is quickly changing. Today, teachers seamlessly incorporate computers, smartboards, and tablets into their instruction. Yet des...
Squeaky chalkboards and overhead projectors have been classroom staples for decades, but the landscape of public education is quickly changing. Today, teachers seamlessly incorporate computers, smartboards, and tablets into their instruction. Yet des...
In 2014—for the first time ever—pupils of color accounted for more than half of the pupils in public schools. This demographic shift, however, is notably absent in the teacher workforce. In the 2015–16 school year, 80.1 percent of public scho...
In 2014—for the first time ever—pupils of color accounted for more than half of the pupils in public schools. This demographic shift, however, is notably absent in the teacher workforce. In the 2015–16 school year, 80.1 percent of public scho...
Hidden within the 2018 tax reform bill is a provision that could reinvent development financing across the country. The Investment in Opportunity Act, a bipartisan amendment to the bill, encourages investment of realized capital gains in Low-Income C...
Hidden within the 2018 tax reform bill is a provision that could reinvent development financing across the country. The Investment in Opportunity Act, a bipartisan amendment to the bill, encourages investment of realized capital gains in Low-Income C...
One hundred feet underground, temperatures normally hover around 58 degrees Fahrenheit. In this man-made cave, however, it’s a cool 36. An elaborate system of pumps runs a steady stream of coolants from aboveground to protect the buried inventory. ...
One hundred feet underground, temperatures normally hover around 58 degrees Fahrenheit. In this man-made cave, however, it’s a cool 36. An elaborate system of pumps runs a steady stream of coolants from aboveground to protect the buried inventory. ...
In the United States, we both love animals and love to eat them. But even as people grow more aware of the questionable practices of the meat industry, only the 3 percent of Americans who identify as vegetarians are able to resist the lure of a well-...
In the United States, we both love animals and love to eat them. But even as people grow more aware of the questionable practices of the meat industry, only the 3 percent of Americans who identify as vegetarians are able to resist the lure of a well-...
Donald Trump’s Twitter flexing might have you think otherwise, but it’s not the size of your nuclear weapon that matters: It’s whether you use it. And although Trump’s giant nuclear button may look frightening, it might actually be the smalle...
Donald Trump’s Twitter flexing might have you think otherwise, but it’s not the size of your nuclear weapon that matters: It’s whether you use it. And although Trump’s giant nuclear button may look frightening, it might actually be the smalle...
At J. Sterling Morton High School East in Cicero, IL–where 92 percent of students are low-income–AP classes are on the rise. In an effort to increase access to an important component of the college-admissions game, one which is dominated by white...
At J. Sterling Morton High School East in Cicero, IL–where 92 percent of students are low-income–AP classes are on the rise. In an effort to increase access to an important component of the college-admissions game, one which is dominated by white...
As “smart” data-driven approaches have become increasingly common and successful in police departments across the country, a movement to import similar methods into courtrooms has gained traction. Risk assessment scores use data obtained t...
As “smart” data-driven approaches have become increasingly common and successful in police departments across the country, a movement to import similar methods into courtrooms has gained traction. Risk assessment scores use data obtained t...
In September 2017, Hurricanes Irma and Maria swept through Puerto Rico, taking with them hundreds of lives across the island. The hurricanes, however, were just the beginning of the crisis. Many of the people who died were not victims of the storms t...
In September 2017, Hurricanes Irma and Maria swept through Puerto Rico, taking with them hundreds of lives across the island. The hurricanes, however, were just the beginning of the crisis. Many of the people who died were not victims of the storms t...
The #MeToo movement that has swept through Hollywood has begun to enter new cultural spheres, most recently making its way into the world of fine art. Perhaps the most prominent example is the six women who have come forward to accuse celebrated arti...
The #MeToo movement that has swept through Hollywood has begun to enter new cultural spheres, most recently making its way into the world of fine art. Perhaps the most prominent example is the six women who have come forward to accuse celebrated arti...
Mass shootings and school shootings have become horrifically commonplace in 2018. Yet the February 14th Parkland, Florida school shooting – which left 17 dead – was different. Re-igniting the seemingly endless gun debate, the Parkland survivors e...
Mass shootings and school shootings have become horrifically commonplace in 2018. Yet the February 14th Parkland, Florida school shooting – which left 17 dead – was different. Re-igniting the seemingly endless gun debate, the Parkland survivors e...
10,000 more Americans die per year from opioid overdoses than during the peak of the AIDS epidemic. Drug overdoses, a large majority of which stem from opioid use, have elbowed out car crashes and gun shootings as the leading cause of death among Ame...
10,000 more Americans die per year from opioid overdoses than during the peak of the AIDS epidemic. Drug overdoses, a large majority of which stem from opioid use, have elbowed out car crashes and gun shootings as the leading cause of death among Ame...