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We are facing an unprecedented crisis in this country. In addition to the chronic stress that is Covid-19, we have already begun to face the downstream economic impacts as a …

The Covid-19 crisis is a ‘stress test’ for our global food systems – and they are failing. Today we see farmers dumping milk and ploughing crops back into their fields, even as …

The year 2020 will forever be associated with crises. First came the Covid-19 pandemic, a joint public health and economic emergency that spread around the world with unprecedented speed and …

Fear, anger, frustration, hope, pride, and exhaustion. These are our shared emotions as we work closely during this summer of uprisings to develop recommendations that support racial justice in word …

A recent New York Times article chronicled how Elmhurst Hospital in Queens was besieged by Covid-19 patients, while nearby hospitals had capacity[1]. The article referenced an earlier tragedy on September …

Around the world, 1.7 billion adults don’t have a bank account. Many more have an account but pay significant fractions of their income to do basic transactions, wait days for …

The Covid-19 pandemic has already caused a level of economic devastation in America that can only be compared to the Great Depression. So it's not surprising that many policymakers, academics, and others are now pointing to …

Covid-19 has reached Kenya, with more than 3,000 cases recorded as of June 10, 2020. Since the first case was confirmed on March 13, Kenya has taken multiple steps to …

The Covid-19 global pandemic has lain bare many vulnerabilities in our current systems, from a lack of equity and economic opportunity to the weaknesses of our food supply chains. As …

Before Covid-19 struck, nearly 168 million people worldwide needed humanitarian assistance to survive. The pandemic has increased the number of vulnerable people worldwide and has compounded risk for countries already …