This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We all anticipated that the world would be different when we returned from lock-down to (semi)normal operations. But who could have predicted the post-pandemic employment landscape in which we find…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. CC BY-NC-ND More than 2.4 million older adults are supported each year by Meals on Wheels, a program through which seniors and people with disabilities receive healthy and tasty meals…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Establishing minimum nurse-to-patient staffing ratios in hospitals can save lives, prevent readmissions, shorten hospital stays, and reduce costs, a new study finds. Researchers evaluated legislation enacted in 2016 in Queensland,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. COVID-19 has changed the way we understand school building ventilation and its importance in keeping us safe from viruses and bacteria in the air. The pandemic has motivated many school…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Organizations that pursue social and environmental goals—alongside financial ones—are called “social businesses,” and there are many examples: Revolution Foods provides healthy school meals in the United States, Envie is a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. COVID-19 cases could surge across the United States and peak in May if we see decreases in physical distancing and mask-wearing and increased transmissibility of new variants, according to new…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the early part of the 20th century, women sought and gained many legal rights, including the right to vote as part of the 19th Amendment. Their entry into the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Part one in a multi-part series highlighting successes of Clean Energy Districts (CED) and policies to make CEDs “universal local” institutions. Read part two, part three, and part four. Technological innovation…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Natural disasters are not great equalizers, in fact, the opposite is true. Existing systemic inequity across the U.S. is exacerbated by disasters; the greater the damages, the greater the resulting…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. More than a year since the COVID-19 recession began, the economic recovery is gaining momentum. Businesses and schools are reopening. Incomes and consumer spending are up. Households are traveling and getting out more. However, the deep and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the crises of climate change, racism, and economic inequality coalesce, many young activists are aware that even the most ambitious policy changes won’t, on their own, achieve a sustainable…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For many years, small-staffed foundations have been at the heart of the impact investing movement, joining with, and at times leading, larger philanthropies. Small-staffed foundations tend to be more agile…