This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s well-established that Black and Latinx workers who lose their jobs are less likely to access Unemployment Insurance benefits than their White peers. And it’s clear this disparity means hardship at the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. ver the last year, we have been studying how the physical impacts of climate change might affect the financial markets and Americans’ welfare. We were surprised to learn that even where municipalities…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. More than six years after Cleveland police fatally shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice as he played with a toy gun in a park, sparking national outrage and calls for change, the city is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In this series, we collaborate with other human rights, civil rights, and civil society organizations under the umbrella of the US Human Rights Network to advance the utility of the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nonprofits, as well as businesses, universities, and governmental entities, are deeply intertwined with the communities we serve. No action we take is in isolation. Even seemingly “neutral” actions can perpetuate…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Couples who suffer a miscarriage or stillbirth in New Zealand will be eligible to receive three days of paid leave by law in the coming weeks, according to the New York Times.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Mothers have suffered tremendously during the pandemic. They have lost jobs at a higher rate than fathers and have borne the brunt of caregiving and virtual learning activities in many families. Pregnant women and new mothers…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In enacting Proposition 63, the Mental Health Services Act, California voters in 2004 created and charged the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission with the responsibility of driving transformational…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the summer of 2018, Mayor Naheed Nenshi of Calgary, Canada, decided to make mental health and addiction the cornerstone of his third term. Like many cities in North America,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How much taxes do high-income Americans evade? And what kinds of evasion tactics do they use? These questions are important for tax enforcement policies and the measurement of income inequality…
One month ago, world leaders gathered at the United Nations for a summit to discuss movements of refugees and migrants, however the absence of concrete commitments in the resulting New…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In late December 2020, amidst a tumultuous US presidential transition and raging COVID-19 pandemic, the US House and Senate passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, an annual constitutional obligation that funds the…