This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the summer of 2018, Mayor Naheed Nenshi of Calgary, Canada, decided to make mental health and addiction the cornerstone of his third term. Like many cities in North America,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How much taxes do high-income Americans evade? And what kinds of evasion tactics do they use? These questions are important for tax enforcement policies and the measurement of income inequality…
One month ago, world leaders gathered at the United Nations for a summit to discuss movements of refugees and migrants, however the absence of concrete commitments in the resulting New…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In late December 2020, amidst a tumultuous US presidential transition and raging COVID-19 pandemic, the US House and Senate passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, an annual constitutional obligation that funds the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the World Wide Web celebrates its 30th birthday this year, much has been made about the risks of the connected world. At Future State, we are committed to building…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Researcher Lauren Zalla discovered that the CDC was using a statistical method that controls for geography when reporting deaths from COVID-19 by race and ethnicity. This distorts the rates of COVID deaths…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There is a lot of speculation right now about what is going on in rural America. The perspectives vary wildly from the Hunger Games to the Hallmark Channel—abject poverty and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Overdoses increased some 20 percent in the United States between June 2019 and June 2020, to more than 81,000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s the most fatal overdoses…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Organizers and advocates won groundbreaking victories in investments through the American Rescue Plan. The bill notably moves away from trickle-down economics and instead gives direct support to households in need…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. While the onslaught of media coverage during presidential elections can make many Americans think voting only happens every four years on that Tuesday in November, each year, a bundle of federal, state…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In key areas of social policy, the United States has made little progress over many years: The earned income of the bottom 40 percent of the population is almost unchanged…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. More than 60% of nonprofit social services, arts and culture organizations obtained Paycheck Protection Program loans during the first nine months of the COVID-19 pandemic. These very low-interest loans for…