Health & Sport

Central America Leadership Initiative Fellows came together for the first time to create #TODOPANAMA: a civic movement to stop the spread of COVID in Panama.

In urban settings, many students arrive in high school behind the curve in knowledge and skills of the sport they play, due in part to a lack of access at younger ages. The funding debate over athletics vs. academics can be intense in cities, and both sides have valid arguments. Ideas in this report can help refresh the high school sports model for urban schools.

Featuring Mark Bittman, author of “Animal, Vegetable, Junk” and founder of The Bittman Project, a food publication that not only embraces the joyful parts of food, but also focuses on a common set of values: that food should be fair to people and animals, affordable for everyone, nutritious, and produced in a way that respects nature and the environment.

Arthur Brooks shares how to emerge from the pandemic happier, stronger, and more resilient.

Featuring Dr. Ashish Jha, Dean of the School of Public Health at Brown University and former Director of the Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI), in conversation with Amna Nawaz, senior national correspondent and primary substitute anchor for PBS NewsHour.

The women’s national team is the best in the world. The men’s national team has some of the best young talent in the world. Now imagine what’s possible if the players fully supported each other, while growing the game. What story can be told about U.S. Soccer by the 2026 World Cup?

With creativity and commitment, large suburban schools have an opportunity to send healthy messages about sports to younger children. Then they can provide many pathways to physical activity, such as intramurals and sport-related clubs, offering as many teams in each interscholastic sport as there is demand for them, and innovative approaches to physical education. Some ideas in this report can help refresh the high school sports model.

New York has become the first state to legalize sports betting with a carve out for youth sports — 1% of tax revenue in the first year and $5 million annually after that. While the numbers may be modest, it’s a model that could be exported.

It turns out brain fitness at any age heightens and protects brain function and can even prevent brain disease.