This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the past two years, Congress has enacted a series of pandemic relief bills providing federal funds to help American families, businesses, schools, governments, and other institutions regain their footing.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Opening up restrictive communities to multiplex housing may be a key strategy to promote racial residential integration in the Bay Area, new research from UC Berkeley’s Othering & Belonging Institute released…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Afghanistan has a multigenerational refugee problem, dating from 1979 and then continuing with multiple wars and conflicts since. There are three million refugees from Afghanistan living in Pakistan and Iran,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the COP26 climate talks neared a close, environmentalists and lawyers warned rules for global carbon markets, due to be finalised in Glasgow, lack protections to stop abuses of the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On November 15, Independent Sector, alongside our extraordinary partners at KABOOM!, was proud to represent the work – and the voices – of the Nonprofit Infrastructure Investment Advocacy Group (NIIAG) at…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The public debate over disability insurance has centered on concerns about individuals without severe health conditions receiving benefits. We go beyond health risk alone to quantify the overall insurance value…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Allie Young is a citizen of the Diné Navajo Nation from the Northern Agency of the reservation in Northern New Mexico. She is founder of Protect the Sacred, which educates and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The world may soon have more voice assistants than people—yet another indicator of the rapid, large-scale adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) across many fields. The benefits of AI are significant:…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Public sexual harassment is an issue in every society. But misogyny and sexual harassment in public has been so normalised that often bringing up the issue of behaviour such as…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The United States is again at a crossroads of racial reckoning. The death of George Floyd and the 2020 summer of protests for racial justice added new urgency to ongoing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. During the COVID-19 pandemic, many communities have faced unprecedented challenges. No one understands these challenges better than local residents, but they’re often left out of the decisionmaking process. This is particularly true in disinvested…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In July 2012 Sister Megan Rice, an 82-year-old Catholic nun, and two men walked past multiple broken security cameras and into the heart of a high-security nuclear complex. Y-12 in…