Do implicit bias trainings on race improve health care? Not yet – but incorporating the latest science can help hospitals treat all patients equitably

Many Black patients experience stark differences in how they’re treated during medical interactions compared to white patients.

Tiffany Green, Associate Professor of Population Health Sciences and Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison • conversation
April 24, 2024 ~11 min

Buyouts can bring relief from medical debt, but they’re far from a cure

Local governments are increasingly buying – and forgiving – their residents’ medical debt.

Erin Duffy, Research Scientist, University of Southern California • conversation
March 13, 2024 ~8 min


What ancient farmers can really teach us about adapting to climate change – and how political power influences success or failure

Agricultural sustainability is as much about power and sovereignty as it is about soil, water and crops.

Chelsea Fisher, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of South Carolina • conversation
Feb. 26, 2024 ~11 min

Fuel poverty: as government support dries up, communities are taking action

Energy bill discounts have failed to meet the scale of the problem, research shows.

Tolu Olarewaju, Economist and Lecturer in Management, Keele University • conversation
Feb. 6, 2024 ~7 min

Six ways inequality holds back climate action

Cutting wealth inequality could curb the super-rich’s disproportionate share of emissions.

Charlotte A. Kukowski, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Climate Change Mitigation, University of Cambridge • conversation
Jan. 15, 2024 ~7 min

Literature inspired my medical career: Why the humanities are needed in health care

While medical school may teach students about how the body works, it often neglects the social, political and cultural factors that determine health and disease. The humanities can help.

Irène Mathieu, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Virginia • conversation
Jan. 5, 2024 ~11 min

Disadvantaged children’s school struggles not about character, attitude or lack of ‘growth mindset’, study suggests

A global study of 240,000 students challenges the widespread policy conviction that bridging the academic gap between rich and poor students hinges on

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Dec. 19, 2023 ~6 min

More vulnerable people live in Philadelphia neighborhoods that are less green and get hotter

An interdisciplinary group of researchers at Penn State ran computer models on two Philadelphia census tracts. The neighborhood with more vulnerable residents was also hotter.

Ute Poerschke, Professor of Architecture, Penn State • conversation
Dec. 18, 2023 ~6 min


Emissions inequality is getting worse – here's how to end the reign of the ultra-polluters

Society’s wealthiest are responsible for generating climate change – but who are these people, and why are their emissions so high?

Nicholas Beuret, Lecturer in Management and Ecological Sustainability, University of Essex • conversation
Dec. 1, 2023 ~7 min

The most vulnerable shoulder rising energy costs because their homes aren't efficient enough – here's why that's so hard to tackle

Increasing energy costs pose a challenge for everyone, but the impact is most pronounced for those living in deprived areas.

Gissell Huaccha, Research Fellow in Economics, University of Leeds • conversation
Nov. 22, 2023 ~8 min

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