At least 19 school children and two teachers were left brutally murdered and two police officers and an elderly woman shot – a week after 10 people were viciously gunned down in a supermarket for their race.

Growing economies and growing populations mean growing energy needs. The international community must collaborate with developing countries to meet those needs through universal access to energy that is affordable, reliable, and clean.

At long last, the jig is up. The Republican judicial nominees who tap-danced their way onto the Supreme Court appear set to end their flimflamming and take a bow for an act of epic deception: pretending they really, truly, honestly would respect the long-established precedent set in Roe v. Wade.

In the year ahead, Bloomberg Philanthropies will remain committed to helping countries and communities rebound from the pandemic. At the same time, we will continue looking further down the road, taking on challenges that can’t wait – and helping people who need it most.

The partnerships we’ve built drive the work we do every day, on every challenge. I’m grateful for our inspiring partners – and also for our amazing team.

Across the United States, students have fallen behind by an average of four months in math and five months in English. The results have been even worse for those children most in need, especially in schools serving mainly low-income populations, where students have fallen behind by an average of seven months.

Make no mistake: This is a real crisis requiring immediate intervention. Unless urgent steps are taken, many children will never catch back up.

The Governor of Massachusetts, Charlie Baker, introduces Mike Bloomberg as he is presented with the Third Lantern Award from the Old North Church Foundation. Mike Bloomberg shared an important message about a new threat to the American Experiment: the “righteous intolerance” growing in our public discourse – and how we can overcome it.

The achievement gaps between Black students and their peers in public education are some of America’s most persistent challenges. And after two years of devastating learning loss caused by COVID-19 disruptions, the systemic issues facing millions of Black students have grown dramatically.

At a time when refugees are fleeing a brutal war of aggression, Madeleine Albright’s inspiring life is a powerful reminder of how those who arrive here with nothing but dreams have made our nation stronger and our world more peaceful.

The disclosure of climate risks is one of the most important tools we have to mitigate the worst outcomes of climate change, and SEC Chairman Gensler and his team deserve credit for taking this step – and helping position the U.S. to lead the way forward. By building on the growing number of nations that have adopted the widely-accepted disclosure framework from the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures, the SEC is helping to ensure global investors have the consistent, comparable information they need to make informed financial decisions, reduce risks to the economy and accelerate the transition to clean energy and net-zero emissions.