Jul 31, 2020
What they wish we did not know While speculation of miracle cures continue to pepper COVID-19 news coverage, the facts surrounding the global pandemic in this, its fifth month, are very clear. They are clear because they are so few. COVID-19 is highly contagious, and...
Jul 24, 2020
Local Child Care Centers Speak Out The swath of bankruptcies might inure us to the risk of losing some businesses or organizations over others. Nieman Marcus, J.C. Penny, Payless, Brooks Brothers and now Ann Taylor are among the first casualties in retail of the...
Jul 17, 2020
Keeping Kids Safe at School You don’t have to be a parent to be worried about children heading back to school in September—due to COVID, keeping students safe affects us all. That’s why districts across PA are working hard to plan for this exceedingly complex...
Jun 5, 2020
Jun 2, 2020
Six lessons from introducing sweetened beverage taxes in Berkeley,Cook County, and Philadelphia: A case study comparison in agenda setting and decision making Elsevier, an organization that helps researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve...
May 29, 2020
The Commonwealth rallies for students We thought we’d seen it all. We made clear we were fed up with politics as usual. Given the crushing economic impact of COVID-19 shutdowns statewide, we were bracing for a doomsday scenario for public...