This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. U.S. Gross Domestic Product is one of the most-cited economic statistics and is regularly regarded as shorthand for measuring the economic outcomes of the entire nation. Although it once represented…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We assess how rising concerns about climate change affect disclosures to financial markets. Today, 60 percent of publicly traded firms reveal at least something about climate change. The largest volumes…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As European countries seek to revive their economies in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, an acute labor shortage in a variety of sectors risks stopping the recovery in its…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The 30 percentage-point homeownership gap between Black and white households is wider today than it was in 1960, when explicit housing discrimination was still legal. Applicants of color experience higher…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On any given day in the United States, close to 100 people are killed by firearms. For each death, two more people are injured. Whether it takes the form of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For the last five years, Houston ISD’s governance has been a mess, to be blunt. One superintendent lasted just two years and was followed by two interim superintendents over a three-year period.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Power operates in every domain of human life: in families and communities; in social, civic, and economic organizations; and in political states and regimes. Reclaiming democracy means contending with power.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Climate change will worsen conflict by raising tensions over food, water, and resources, according to studies by a global think tank and the US Department of Defense. “Food insecurity, lack…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Family-strengthening programs seek to maintain and build healthy relationships between parents who are incarcerated and their children. They have the potential to reduce the harmful effects of incarceration on families.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Corporate America loves climate action. At least, that’s what companies’ public climate pledges would have you think. But their lobbying activity often says otherwise. Despite ambitious commitments to reduce their…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Power of Media Images Sixteen years ago, while watching a pre-school show with my then two-year-old daughter, I was stunned to see that there seemed to be far more…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. City and regional government leaders and policymakers are being invited to discover how real-time monitoring of urban greenhouse gases (GHGs) can help them in their efforts to tackle climate change.…