This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The public-charge revisions made final by the Trump administration in February of 2020 stand as perhaps one of its most significant and controversial immigration policy changes. The rule makes…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A recent bill from the United Kingdom’s Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs bans the country’s supermarkets from purchasing foods linked to illegal deforestation and land procurement practices. Larger…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the last few years illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing has become more recognized as a national security concern. Fishing, a $401 billion global industry, provides 20% of the protein intake for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Mary Chris Barth knows how important it is to control the soil in the panhandle of Oklahoma. She’s the child of parents that grew up in the Dust Bowl. When…
Our economy doesn’t just need more jobs, it needs better jobs. The problem of eroding job quality long precedes, and now greatly exacerbates, our current extraordinary challenges of job and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As COVID-19 continues to spread across the U.S. landscape, millions of frontline grocery and retail workers remain exposed to the virus, but without extra compensation for the risks they face.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. During last year’s campaign, President Joe Biden argued that the “United States must lead the world to take on the existential threat we face—climate change.” I agree. I’ve learned from my work…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The year 2021 has a lot riding on it. Maybe that amount of pressure isn’t fair, but such is life when you are following up a clunker like 2020. Across…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The United States is the world leader in incarceration and keeps nearly 7 million persons under correctional control. More than 2 million are in prison or jail, and 4.6 million…
Giving Compass’ Take: • James Acton et al. outline strategies to reduce the likelihood of nuclear arms races and/or escalation among countries with significant nuclear armaments. • Should the public…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For far too long, foundations and other philanthropists have sat on the sidelines of policy debates. As a result, many nonprofits that receive foundation support have opted out of the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Dealing with pandemics cannot rest merely on mitigation. It must focus on deep prevention and synchronization with other policy objectives such as halting global warming. It must address all sources…