This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The United Nations estimates the financial capital needed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals is US$ 5-7 trillion annually – imagine if the reported amount could be deployed from the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. America’s decades-long war on drugs has failed, simultaneously causing huge harms — fueling drug-related violence around the world and funneling millions of people into jails and prisons — and not…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Deviating from its more typical “best of (neighborhoods, doctors, crab shacks…)” lifestyle articles, Baltimore Magazine featured in its July issue a far less sunny piece on the ravaging impacts of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. 2020 is the worst fire season on record, with nearly 13 million acres burned, 14,000 structures destroyed, and fire suppression costs reaching the $3 billion mark. These numbers—acreage the size…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A slow-moving crisis threatens the U.S. Central Plains, which grow a quarter of the nation’s crops. Underground, the region’s lifeblood – water – is disappearing, placing one of the world’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The European Union recently held the 13th annual Forum on the Rights of the Child, during which experts from a range of sectors who work on issues relating to children…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How good are America’s public schools? It depends on where you live. Education funding is like any other public infrastructure investment. School systems with sufficient funding tend to get better…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As COVID-19 threatened jails and prisons in March, the Connecticut Department of Corrections decided to waive the $3 fee it charged prisoners for a medical visit. “We didn’t want the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the pandemic deepens the digital divide, a $20 billion rural broadband auction offers more of the same, critics say. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Thursday launched the first…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As a transportation advocate, it’s weird to work from home. At the beginning of this year, I would hop on the 5 Fulton bus or ride my bike down car-free Market…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We can end homelessness for people with the most complex needs in our communities, including people with disabilities with the most extensive experiences of homelessness. We know the solution —…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Urban, suburban, and rural communities alike have proven that we can drive down the number of Veterans experiencing homelessness to as close to zero as possible, while also building and sustaining…