This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s the summer of cascading disasters in the United States: Downpours have made rivers of major metropoles’ transit lines, a coastal condo collapsed, flames have engulfed vast swaths of land,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic is threatening to exacerbate the nation’s geographic divergence in community well-being and economic prosperity that has been widening since the Great Recession. Over one-quarter of U.S. counties…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 2008, as big banks began failing across Wall Street and the housing and stock markets crashed, the nation saw how crucial financial regulation is for economic stability – and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Many rural Black homeowners are denied federal disaster relief because of an informal system of property inheritance common in the South, reports Hannah Dreier of The Washington Post. Under the “heirs’ property” system,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Oklahoma recently joined several other states in requiring students to pass the same citizenship test administered by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in order to graduate from high school. The measure was…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. First Amendment Watch at New York University recently published the educator’s guide “Does the First Amendment Allow the Government to Censor Art?” which addresses the relationship between freedom of speech and art censorship. It focuses on exploring two overarching questions: What are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A state law that limits when children can be expelled from preschool programs has reduced formal expulsions, but emerging data show that programs still find other ways to exclude children…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Lake Mead, which provides water for 25 million people in the American West, has shrunk to 36 percent of its capacity. One rural California community has run out of water entirely after its…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When temperatures in Oregon hit 116 degrees Fahrenheit late last month, Portland resident Scott Kerman found he couldn’t stand outside for longer than 10 minutes without feeling like he might…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Our nation’s public housing stock faces serious challenges, starting with its age—approximately half of public housing properties were constructed before 1975. A 2010 report (PDF) sponsored by the US Department of Housing and Urban…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A quiet transformation is underway in community foundations across the country. As independent, local public charities with a broad mission to improve their communities, community foundations hold a unique place…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Today, more than 36 million families will receive their first advance child tax credit payments. This marks a historic new investment in the nation’s children, and the Biden administration has signaled it will continue to prioritize…