Democracy

With paid leave, older adults are spending less time looking after their grandchildren and more time looking after their parents.

At a DC conference on economic justice, advocates look to the public sector to advance a more just economy. Can a revived public sector deliver on this promise?

FireGeneration advocates for Indigenous-led, youth-powered approaches to the wildfire crisis…

University presidents and education reform advocates are decrying the Supreme Court opinion, calling the decision “a true step back.”…

Collin County Jail failed to send a bleeding, cramping Lauren Kent to an outside OB-GYN. In a lawsuit, she blames their “cost-containment” strategy.

How do you build community ownership? Childspace’s Mindy Barbacoff (Philadelphia), Dudley Street’s Minnie McMahon (Boston), and Co-op Dayton’s Amaha Sellassie share the valuable lessons they’ve learned.

A new study sheds light on the persistent and early emerging disparities in education linked to socioeconomic status.

The authors create a new dataset using General Property Tax documentation that allows them to chart the evolution of national wealth from 1800 to 1935.

Why the Environmental Voter Project and its 6,000 volunteers are laser focused on getting more environmentalists to the polls.

Norfolk Southern locomotives in Conway, Pennsylvania (Photo by Gene Puskar, The Associated Press) Ambulances, fire trucks, people heading to…

“Deep canvassing” offers a model for how anti-racist Americans can practice what they preach and work to promote racial justice narratives.

The Supreme Court ruling on race-conscious admissions encourages students to leave out core parts of who they are, writes Carina Cruz, a college access counselor.