This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Can businesses profitably serve the poorest of the poor? A new study, “Reaching Deep in Low-income Markets,” suggests yes. The study dug into the experience of 20 enterprises delivering basic…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Being a woman of strong will and the one who likes to challenge her own limits, I have always been inclined towards advocacy for women’s economic empowerment and inclusive growth…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Every summer weekday morning, workers at the Genesee County Community Action Resource Department (GCCARD) cook, pack, and deliver hundreds of nutritionally balanced, hot meals to kids across Flint who otherwise…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Dynamic is a force that stimulates change or progress within a system. This word best describes the Flint Area Chapter of The Links, Incorporated, an international organization of professional women…
The report features updated data for the Race for Results Index, which measures how children are progressing on key milestones by race and ethnicity at the national and state levels.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Critics of the social safety net in the U.S. often assert that public assistance like food stamps and subsidized housing decreases a recipient’s incentive to work. There’s now, even more,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Slavery is a modern scourge of shocking proportions. Some 40 million people live in slavery today, according to a report released last month from the U.N. affiliated International Labor Organization (ILO), the International Organization for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential election illuminated growing political, economic, and cultural polarization in America. Shocked pundits and political analysts have struggled to understand how Trump’s unorthodox candidacy so successfully appealed…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As a surgeon, when I see patients referred to my clinic with a surgical problem such as a hernia or gallbladder disease, they usually bring their medical records from the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I think there’s broad misconception that community members are just waiting for the city or state to invest and revitalize their neighborhoods. The reality is that residents have been very…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. What do you think of people in poverty? Maybe what Jessica Jackley once did: “they” need “our” help, in the form of a few coins in a jar. The co-founder…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. You would think a question like ‘is inequality going up or down?’ would be relatively easy to answer, but sadly it is not. The first thing to say is that…