This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 2020, the philanthropy sector gave relief dollars like never before (though we still need to give more). We dropped unnecessary procedures and restrictions that got in the way of making impact for our…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. With the sudden and widespread take-up of mortgage forbearance in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, new data were needed to understand the pandemic’s effects on the US housing market. Several data providers…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Working in meatpacking plants has always been dangerous. A recent study shows that it became deadlier in the era of COVID-19, even as company profits soared. This analysis, published in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On February 18, 2021, Assistant Director Stephen Menendian presented the Institute’s latest research findings on the exclusionary effects of restrictive zoning, a summary of prior research, and it’s relationship to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The environmental community alone is often not strong enough to prevail in policy battles against strong opposing interests: to win, it needs the support of influential allies outside the traditional…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For over two months, farmers in India have been on a largely peaceful protest over three laws the Indian Parliament passed in September 2020 to liberalize how and to whom…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. To complement the United States’ return to the Paris climate agreement, elected officials joined the business and nonprofit community to launch the “America Is All In” coalition, which aims to collaborate with the federal…
Giving Compass’ Take: • The Refresh Working Group highlights 5 policy focus areas for regulation the responsible use of technology in every area of the food supply chain. • What role…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On January 6, we witnessed an unprecedented attack on American democracy — the culmination of a sustained campaign to undermine the integrity of the November 2020 election and, ultimately, overturn…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On the campaign trail, President Biden proposed increasing federal funding for K–12 education, in part by tripling Title I spending, and it is likely the new administration will want to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the past half a century, the difference in net worth held by families of color compared with white families has expanded substantially and is likely to grow amid the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Redlining and Preventing Home Ownership Beginning in 1934, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) bolstered existing segregationist tactics by declining to underwrite homes in predominantly Black communities. The FHA justified this official policy, known as redlining, by describing Black…