This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Urban Alliance, launched in 1996, is building a diverse next-generation workforce by providing job skills training, mentoring, and paid internships to high school youth from under-resourced communities, predominantly youth of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Part two in a multi-part series. Read parts one, three, and four. It’s time to rethink how we create economic prosperity in our neighborhoods. In cities across the U.S., rapid development often…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The last few years have seen significant victories for the guaranteed income movement — the push to simply give people cash with no strings attached. Pilot programs in places ranging…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How many formerly incarcerated people are jobless at the moment? A good guess would be 60%, to generalize from a new report released by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). The report…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Women’s perception of unethical behavior among finance professionals may contribute to how underrepresented they are in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. What are nature-based solutions? Are they different from green infrastructure? A handful of terms are used to describe the utilization of natural features, systems, and landscapes to solve many of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As a father of two young children, I like to think that my wife and I will be the most central factor in shaping our children’s future. But my research…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As online schooling plays an increasingly large role in education, researchers say more work needs to be done to understand and address why some families have a harder time accessing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Special purpose credit programs (SPCPs)—which allow banks to offer credit on favorable terms to borrowers who have suffered economic disadvantage and share common characteristics (e.g., race or income)—could provide the kind…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Research is a powerful tool to determine fact from fiction. Policies, programs, and solutions are grounded in these facts, making researchers agents for shaping how the world works. However, long-standing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Chicago typifies wealth inequity, with many households in northeast Cook County holding nearly $1 million dollars in wealth, while just a few miles away, a quarter of households have negative wealth of $1,500…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When it comes to addressing racial inequity, a national crisis can inspire public and private investment like nothing else. At the recent Freedman’s Bank Forum in Washington, DC, Vice President…