Democracy

A study of cities around the world that are developing innovative solutions to their problems has identified three key elements of success.

For the study in the Journal of Research on Adolescence, researchers examined how structural oppression and anti-LGBTQ policies in individual US states intersect and can predict suicide risk. “Our research suggests…

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…

Philanthropy needs more movement funders who stand on the side of racial and economic justice and against right-wing authoritarianism.

From deadly wildfires to record-breaking storms to life-threatening heat waves, climate change has brought disastrous effects that are profoundly impacting human health and increasing young people’s anxiety about their future.

The need to invest more in women-identifying and BIPOC documentary filmmakers by addressing inherent power imbalances in the film funding ecosystem is not new, as CMSI’s 2020 study, The State of…

Twenty-one months after the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, American democracy faces a crisis even more dire than the 1,200 angry rioters who breached the Rotunda and sought to…

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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.