Every year, roughly 5 million people are released from jail and another half million leave prison. But just because they are released from physical custody doesn’t mean that they are…
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This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators.
Click here for more.Los Angeles’ Grand Avenue is home to an incredible display of the city’s capacity to build. On one side of the street stand two new gleaming towers replete with multi-million-dollar…
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The COVID-19 pandemic has helped to draw greater attention to mental health issues that can be neglected in public policy debates. Even as the worst of the pandemic recedes, this…
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Government policies during the COVID-19 pandemic, including cash transfers and tax credits, reduced poverty in New York City, even while poverty citywide—particularly among minorities—persisted well above national averages, a report…
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The harmful consequences of climate change are broad, from extreme weather events making locations uninhabitable to increased temperatures delivering larger and more frequent downstream damages, such as drought and increased hurricanes. These effects…
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As we well know, people incarcerated in jails and prisons experience constant trauma, and are surrounded by brutality and violence that are impossible to escape. This experience has only grown worse in…
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To address the climate crisis and reach sustainable development goals, Indigenous, community, and Afro-descendant land rights must be secure. While communities claim and manage roughly half of the world’s lands—including…
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This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators.
Click here for more.There are two things that we know to be certain about homelessness: Someone who has a home is not homeless. The United States has a major affordable housing crisis. While…
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Kim Cullipher became the school nutrition director for Perquimans County Schools one week before the COVID-19 pandemic closed schools in March 2020. Back then, the nutrition department faced challenges due to a…
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The past month has signaled a shift in the role workers play in our economy. The US has seen union wins at Amazon and Starbucks, employee walkouts at Disney in response to their…
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In the hours after the draft was published, many individuals and publications shared links to donate to abortion funds. As described by the National Network of Abortion Funds (NNAF), “[Abortion funds work] to remove financial and…
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A recent report from The Center for Food as Medicine and The Hunter College New York City Food Policy Center emphasizes food as an effective tool for the prevention and…