Advocacy and Policy

In 2023, 24 states had laws or regulations in place prohibiting transgender students from participating on public school athletic teams consistent with their gender identity. These bans mean that a…

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Fed Chair Jerome Powell bristles at talk of managing climate change, but the damage it is doing the US economy is hard to ignore, as the latest National Climate Assessment shows.

New report highlights actionable solutions that will shrink the size of the carceral system, promote public safety, and take action on racial inequities in the …

This isn’t the first time that US authorities have criminalized civil disobedience or framed grassroots organizing as a conspiracy.

Industry is a leading climate polluter: Our road map shows what’s needed to cut industrial emissions in fast-growing countries.

Funders Together pushes philanthropy to both fund grassroots organizations that are working on housing justice and to make sure that their voices are being included in policy conversations. On March 30,…

Several cities and towns, mostly in the American Midwest and South, are responding to a surge of proposed and approved legislation that restricts gay and transgender people’s rights by declaring…

Urban’s Mobility Metrics can help local policymakers identify barriers to mobility from poverty in their communities and develop solutions.

The United States is struggling with historic teacher shortages. To address it, we ought to consider an untapped pool of aspiring teachers: Young immigrants who want to become educators.

The report concludes that Indigenous self-determination is a key climate solution — if the federal government can get behind it.

Programs aimed to reduce the risk of repeat overdoses among people who use drugs have a “police paradox,” research shows.