This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A recent study from Duke University and WhyHunger finds that 82 percent of hunger relief organizations in the United States served more first time clients during the COVID-19 pandemic than during previous…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has been collecting a lot of information about flood risks across America, including the increased risk of flooding linked to climate change. But the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Wellcome’s lived experience team hosted a series of webinars on how to make mental health more inclusive: from involving people with lived experience, to designing mental health interventions that stretch beyond…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In July, Funders Together members were joined by three housing justice leaders for a Q&A to discuss the current state of housing and homeless service federal investments in response to COVID-19. Ann…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. You can almost hear the sighs of relief. Only a few months ago, state and local officials across the United States were preparing for the worst. In some cases, the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After so many smoke-filled summers and record-setting burns, residents of Western North America are no strangers to wildfires. Still, many questions are circulating about why forest fires are becoming larger…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Trauma can affect students greatly, and when this trauma includes the fear of being deported or the fear of a family member being deported, students can have a difficult time…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “Small business” is an unhelpfully broad segment. This brief focuses on small businesses with fewer than 100 employees, with the acknowledgement that smaller businesses have experienced particular challenges during the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Debates about how much the federal government should influence local-level infrastructure are not new, and as the negotiations over the American Jobs Plan have shown, these debates are often contentious. These…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Efforts to push low-carbon lifestyles and green energy to curb climate change will fail unless many people see benefits — and the poorest and most vulnerable should get the biggest gains,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Black Americans are much more likely than White Americans to live near freeways, factories, and other heavy air polluters. That’s not a failure of public policy; it’s a result of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Tona Barkley lives in the small town of Owenton in northeastern Kentucky between the cities of Louisville and Cincinnati. Just like her neighbors, she’s one of the more than 42…