This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Long before the COVID-19 pandemic made supply chain snags a topic of dinner table conversation, the U.S. was already struggling with broken production systems in a key industry: housing. The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The atmosphere has changed in Beijing since the Chinese capital’s last Olympics in 2008. While the Summer Games 14 years ago were meant to be a forward-looking celebration of China taking its…
Extreme heat is already the deadliest climate and weather-related hazard in the United States and cities are getting hotter because of climate change and the urban heat island effect. Communities…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For two years now, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated almost every structural inequity in Indian Country. Food insecurity is high on that list. Like other inequities, it’s an intergenerational product…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This summer has seen more fires, more heat, more storms — all of it making life increasingly untenable in larger areas of the nation. Already, droughts regularly threaten food crops…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Whether an organization is a for-profit or a nonprofit, both in-person and online social channels are needed to connect people to the organization’s mission. Knowing how to effectively leverage these…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nonprofits, funders, and partners working to meaningfully engage the people at the heart of their work and advance equity can consider the following observations gleaned from our work with the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Civil society, which is often referred to as the third sector, has played a pivotal role in shaping the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and continues to work alongside…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Ever since I was little, I have appreciated that Clark Kent’s day job was journalism. Yes, his alter ego, Superman, stopped speeding trains, but he – and his girlfriend, Lois…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. What is News? For too long, journalists have defined news as “what’s wrong.” Journalism’s theory of change is “Society will get better when we reveal problems that need fixing.” …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Despite being home to more than half a million people, Berkeley and Oakland, Calif. have often lacked local news that connected communities and lifted up diverse perspectives. That all changed…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As of July 2021, a total of 83.6 million Americans were insured through either Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program. That’s almost 1 in 4 Americans, with 76.7 million…