By Krishna Ramanujan

Across the board, the number of Americans who develop Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias increases with age.  But for African Americans, the risk is much greater – twice as high when compared to whites, according to a special report on race, ethnicity and Alzheimer’...
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By Michael Eisenstein

After a seemingly endless media spectacle of charged political debate and heated invective, President Obama’s campaign goal of healthcare reform is now a reality. As the dust settles, however, many are still in the dark about what the Patient Protection and Affordable Care A...
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By Chapal Mehra

Microfinance is arguably one of the most powerful tools of poverty reduction in the world today. It helps the poor by providing them essential financial services that they otherwise cannot access.

However, many contend that the role of microfinance institutions (MFIs) should not b...
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By Michael Eisenstein

It is the cradle of humanity, and evidence suggests that the world’s ethnic diversity originated from a single exodus of a few thousand individuals from Africa approximately 100,000 years ago. Until very recently, however, Africa was essentially a blank spot on geneticistsâ€...
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By Lindsay Goldwert

One in six Latina adolescents in the U.S. contemplates and in many instances, attempts suicide.  This rate puts young Latinas at a significantly higher suicide risk than their white, Asian, and African-American peers, according to the National Alliance on Mental Health.

Doct...
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By Jessica M. Scully

With the passage of the stimulus act, 2009 was a particularly good year for research funding. While President Obama has proposed a second stimulus package, for now it appears federal funding for 2010 will increase just slightly over 2009 budgets, excluding stimulus funds. Priva...
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By Paula Hartman Cohen

Today’s tight economy has eliminated jobs in all sectors, including public and private research. No one is immune to joblessness, even those with advanced degrees and experience. As universities and research centers cut back on staff, this may be a good time to leverage pro...
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By Krishna Ramanujan

Will Allen is one of the only African-American farmers in all of Wisconsin. At 6-foot-7, the son of a sharecropper, Allen enjoyed a stint playing professional basketball in Belgium, before he bought the last zoned agricultural land within Milwaukee city limits in 1993.

Soon af...
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By Jessica M. Scully

In the months since the federal stimulus act was passed, released funds have supported renewable energy research and highway projects, as well as helped extend unemployment benefits.  Along with these more publicized aspects of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 200...
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By Paula Hartman Cohen

In the U.S., more than 35 million people identify themselves as Hispanic or Latino, according to the 2000 Census.  To celebrate the important cultural, educational, and scientific contributions made by Hispanics, in 1988 President Gerald Ford declared the month beginning Sep...
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By Michael Eisenstein

When President Barack Obama was voted into office, many observers saw it as a public mandate for far-reaching reform—and tackling the United States healthcare system was near the top of the list. Addressing Congress this past February, Obama stated the point plainly: “We m...
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By Paula Hartman Cohen