News Literacy Project

This report, published by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, presents state and national data on child well-being in the United States across four key domains: economic well-being, education, health, and family and community. Kids Count delves into these topics through data on 16 key indicators and explores each indicator by race and ethnicity to examine disparities between groups. First published in 1990, the 2023 edition focuses on how the lack of affordable and accessible childcare…

This curated resource portal highlights racial injustice in the United States, spanning from racial disparities in Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) to the continued police violence experienced by persons of color. This sampling of resources provides an overview of the relationship between COVID-19 and the disproportionate number of cases and deaths experienced by Black Americans, broader health trends that result from racial inequities, and injury and mortality trends tied to police violence. The resource collection incorporates…

This case describes the groundbreaking tobacco control legislation passed by the Polish Parliament in 1995. By the end of the 1990s the number of smokers had declined from 14 to 10 million. The legislation required that the cigarette packs include warnings—the largest worldwide—about the ill effects of smoking, and included bans on smoking in health centers and enclosed workspaces, electronic media advertisement, and tobacco sales to minors. Health education campaigns and the "Great Polish Smoke-Out"…