This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Thousands of people from Central America traveled through Mexico bound for the United States while world leaders met at COP26. Forced migration from Central America is driven by violence, corruption, lack of opportunity,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Why are smart city leaders concerned about equity? Because injustice has been a feature of many cities from the very beginning. In what is now the county of Dallas, the first recorded commercial…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the fight against climate change, entrepreneurship and innovation — known as “climate tech” — are essential. Women are more affected by climate change than men, and yet climate tech is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The US has a job quality crisis. Too many jobs are not quality jobs. Low-quality jobs exacerbate social and economic inequities across race, ethnicity, and gender, while hindering economic growth…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. While nearly all foundation leaders reported making changes to their grantmaking efforts in 2020, not all are necessarily planning to sustain those changes, a report from the Center for Effective…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Starting in the 1960s, US consumers began a love affair with chicken. America’s proteins of choice once were beef and pork, until the poultry industry found a way to produce…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC), which provides families with payments of $300 per child aged 0 to 5 and $250 per month for each child aged 6-17 from July…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The prediction of high impact climate phenomena can be substantially improved by a new mathematical approach that analyses the connectivity and patterns between geographical locations, scientists say in a new…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Although America’s College Promise (PDF) is unlikely to be included in the Build Back Better Act, free community college is still a priority for many congressional Democrats, and variations of the program already exist at the state…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It is one of the biggest conundrums of our time: businesses posting record numbers of available jobs and not being able to fill them. As with most intractable problems, there…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Asian American population in the US has increased significantly, from 3.6 million in 1980 to 18.8 million in 2019, and it is projected to account for 9.1 percent of the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A single bad El Niño weather event can leave nearly 6 million children undernourished, according to a new study. That’s at least 70%—and perhaps up to three times—the number of…