This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The 2020 Census tells us what we already knew: the country is diverse and continuing to diversify at a rapid rate — in urban, suburban, and rural areas. The data…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At the beginning of the COVID-19 vaccination push nine months ago, many experts worried—with justification—that people of color would be left behind. Sadly, it is a well-established fact that people…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over half a million COVID-19 cases this summer were directly linked to mass incarceration, a new report from the Prison Policy Initiative and Professor Gregory Hooks shows. The study provides the first…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Students in Texas public schools are facing another year upturned by COVID-19 as the highly contagious delta variant spreads, mask mandates are inconsistent and children under 12 cannot yet be…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As she travels around Georgia to promote fair redistricting, Djemanesh Aneteneh has heard many tales of how partisan lawmakers create voting maps designed to take away the political voice of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It is time to change the narrative around social infrastructure investments for families. We beg to differ with people like Senator Manchin. It is urgent that our country invest in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Earlier this month, 16 years after Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Ida battered southeast Louisiana and left hundreds of thousands of people without power. The storm, one of the strongest to hit Louisiana,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Electricity generation produces a quarter of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions that drive climate change. The electric grid also is highly vulnerable to climate change effects, such as more frequent and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “Congress in March authorized $19.5 billion in aid for cities and towns with fewer than 50,000 residents … Lawmakers wanted to help every town cover the cost of fighting a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Longstanding racial and ethnic disparities in the United States have hurt not only the people who experience the disparities but have hurt all Americans by depressing U.S. economic output by…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s understandable to come out of 20 years of funding cycles with a new perspective on grantmaking. For one Portland-based organization, these shifts in perspective have driven consistent and drastic…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Even as the COVID-19 pandemic raged across the world, the number of people forcibly displaced in 2020 reached the highest level ever recorded as ongoing and new conflicts forced people…