This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The American Jobs Plan and the American Families Plan propose to address racial inequities through significant infrastructure, workforce, education, and child care investments. These kinds of targeted investments could address historic discriminatory practices and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The UK government is reported to be pushing ahead with an investigation into privatizing Channel 4, reversing its 2017 decision that the broadcaster was a “precious public asset” that would “continue to be…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As we begin to emerge from our homes and our prolonged isolation in the wake of the pandemic, celebrating Pride Month this June is particularly meaningful. Pride is over fifty…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Although rates of material hardship among families with young children have been declining in recent months, 1 in 4 families recently surveyed by RAPID-EC, a biweekly survey of families with young children,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Widespread vaccinations and relaxed CDC restrictions have stimulated a robust economic rebound. Since the start of the pandemic, the U.S. unemployment rate declined dramatically from a peak of 14.8% to roughly…
Recently Fund the People’s Rusty Stahl had the opportunity to be in dialogue about “talent justice” with Dr. Judy Lubin, head of the Center for Urban and Racial Equity (and lead researcher…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. True Cost Accounting for Food: Balancing the Scale addresses the unseen costs of a broken food system. The new book suggests that a better food system is possible if the true…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Part two in a multi-part series highlighting successes of Clean Energy Districts (CED) and policies to make CEDs “universal local” institutions. Read part one, part three, part four, and part five. I am…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Around the world, policymakers have been increasingly turning to entrepreneurship as an important contributor to local economic development and job creation. At the same time, the short-term, intensive training programs…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In new research conducted in partnership with local housing and economic development partners, including the Alliance, the Family Housing Fund, and the Center for Economic Inclusion, we investigated how homeownership…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The U.S. economy faces a mobility crisis. After decades of rising inequality, stagnating wages, and a shrinking middle class, many American workers find it harder and harder to get ahead.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The economies of many Asian countries grew through manufacturing low cost products for the rest of the world, which enabled millions of their citizens to step out of abject poverty…