Three Looming Executive Branch Threats to Science for the Public Good and the Public’s Health
All are in play — and none are facts foretold.
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The Coming Global Food Crisis?
A Warning…
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How To Be a Diamond in a Rhinestone World
I grew up in the kind of place where government cheese was baked onto rectangular pizzas, and every talent show included a Dolly. The singer still informs my work in global health: Even those who have no money can be as rich as they could be.
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Meta settles, agrees to major platform changes for underage users
Breaking down the historic Meta settlement of $17 billion which will result in significant reforms to improve the safety of minors using their platforms.
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The U.S. Needs Migrant Labor to Maintain the Country’s Food Supply
After months of ICE raids, upcoming bills demonstrate bipartisan efforts to recognize the importance of undocumented farmworkers.
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The Prescription Washington Can’t Fill
The buprenorphine bottleneck in Washington, D.C.’s opioid crisis is not the supply. It is everything standing between the shelf and the person.
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Our Bodies Are Not Machines
Organisms are less like optimized Swiss watches and more like a messy collection of political factions.
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Adult Literacy Is Mysteriously Declining Across Many High-Income Countries
COVID and smartphones alone cannot explain the decline. One thing we do know: both young and old need to retain the ability to gather and process information.
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‘Farm to Fork’ Misses a Key Ingredient of the Food System: Families
Extended transnational families form a core, essential part of the food system, making possible a multi-billion dollar agricultural industry. Whether family members are forced to move or forced to stay informs how produce, money, and workers flow.
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Science Doesn’t Need Better Journals. It Needs Better Incentives.
Journal prestige shapes what science gets done, how fast it moves, and whose work gets seen. Pushing institutions to engage in open science can make the system more equitable.