This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) is working to empower the women in India’s informal sector. Today, they organize roughly 3.8 million women workers across the country, providing women farmers with…
Instacart, the D.C. Department of Health (DC Health), and Martha’s Table recently launched the DC Grocery Access Pilot program to expand access to fresh, healthy foods for D.C. residents. The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The work of social change is always pressing, but those who do that work are under extraordinary stress right now. The polycrisis—which philosopher Jonathan Rowson neatly defines as “the world system…
For the past two decades, drawing on research I conducted for ODI Global—and earlier for the Gerhart Centre at the American University in Cairo — on how foreign policy priorities shape humanitarian and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Myanmar is facing one of the world’s most complex humanitarian crisis. Prolonged internal armed conflict, widespread displacement and economic decline have been compounded by new shocks, including the devastating earthquake…
After a decade of technical reforms meant to modernize foreign aid, a new report from the European Network on Debt and Development, or Eurodad, warns that official development assistance is drifting…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Rashida Crutchfield began her doctoral degree at Cal State Long Beach in 2009, she knew she wanted to study the college experience for homeless students. There was one problem.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For months, Karian had tried to make it on her own in New York without the help of specialized child care centers. After the birth of her second daughter, she…
The United States is home to some of the most expensive cities in the world, and middle-class residents are struggling to afford a decent life for themselves and their families.…
Four more people have died in Los Angeles County jails earlier this month, bringing this year’s death toll to 45. In the last 20 years, only 2021—the deadliest year on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The U.S. War on Poverty was launched more than 60 years ago as a social and humanitarian-driven initiative to address extreme poverty in regions like Appalachia. But for residents in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The most comprehensive assessment of the global environment ever undertaken has found that investing in planetary health, meaning a stable climate, healthy nature and land, and a pollution-free planet, can…