Over the last several months, health care institutions have been partnering with nonprofits to deliver groceries to COVID-19 patients in hard-hit areas. Read the full story here.
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The Covid pandemic is making it impossible for us to ignore the link between health and environmental degradation. Ashoka Fellow Dr. Kinari Webb, founder of Health in Harmony, has been…
Over the past several months Big Brothers Big Sisters has had to adapt to remote mentoring because of the COVID-19 pandemic said President and CEO, Mark O’Donnell. “At the core…
After her release, Jackie became a prison reform advocate, the birth of her son Emmett inspired a move to Springfield, Mass. That’s when The Care Center entered her life. The…
Massachusetts’ universities and colleges have just announced fall plans outlining how they will both teach and keep students safe. This, after the unplanned mid-semester pivot to online learning, left many…
A government program to alleviate poverty in Indonesia through direct cash transfers to poor households managed to unintentionally reduce deforestation in participating villages by an average of 30 percent. Read the…
At Fortune, we’ve recently highlighted the structural barriers to wealth arrayed against African-Americans and other minority groups, and efforts to address them. We’ve delved into mortgages, banking access, and the limits of technology in addressing racism…
Capital Good Fund is a non-profit CDFI founded in 2009 that has been working to erase the racial wealth gap. “To truly and honestly address racism in America, we need…
STAT spoke with teenagers, young adults, and mental health providers, and experts across the country to understand the experiences of young people with mental health conditions as they transition from…
New England Patriots safety Devin McCourty has said he is cautiously optimistic the sheer scale of the protests in the wake of George Floyd’s death will finally pave the way for…
