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Story by Joel Achenbach, Dan Keating White women have been dying prematurely at higher rates since the turn of this century, passing away in their 30s, 40s and 50s in a slow-motion crisis driven by decaying health in small-town America, according...

Hear Stefanie DeLuca introduce a powerful new book about upward mobility for disadvantaged youth, based on years of in-depth personal interviews with young people in Baltimore.  Register...

By Alan Gottlieb Colorado’s largest urban center suffers from the same segregation of students of color in high-poverty schools as cities across the country, a new analysis of federal data shows. The analysis by The Atlantic comes from an...

Daniel E. Dawes has written a fascinating insider’s perspective on the formation, passage, and implementation of the Affordable Care Act. This is a must-read for anyone interested and concerned with healthcare issues impacting vulnerable,...

A new Grantmakers In Health (GIH) supplement on health equity innovations, just released in the latest issue of the Stanford Social Innovation Review. Sponsored by the Aetna Foundation, the supplement lifts up new voices and shares ideas for...

By Justin Wolfers The neighborhood in which you grow up is a major determinant of your economic success as an adult. That’s been known for a while, but new research suggests that the effects may be much larger than social scientists previously...

The nation’s most segregated schools often are among the worst performing, experts say, in part because of the concentration of poverty and the myriad challenges that come with it.  (Read...

"2015 was another successful year for MPHI; we celebrated our 25th year and continued to uphold our legacy of excellence. We achieved strong financial performance, continued to successfully implement our strategy and laid a strong foundation for our...

NCHE Executive Director Dr. Brian Smedley testified on March 9 at the request of Maryland State Senator Shirley Nathan-Pulliam in support of her legislation, S.B. 869, that would create a Commission on Reconciliation and Equity to "unearth the true...