This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Corporations like Delta Airlines, Microsoft, and Coca-Cola have spoken out publicly against the measure and Major League Baseball moved its All-Star Game from Atlanta to Denver. So, which is it?…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. What began as a roving conversation about the role of happiness in policy among a group of visiting academics (which I was lucky to be a part of) in Bhutan…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. More and more of my friends have started fundraisers on the social media platform, asking their network to donate to sea rescue efforts of refugees or coding courses for marginalised…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. To avert the worst effects of climate change, global greenhouse gas emissions should fall at faster rates than they have risen for over a century. Economies must essentially turn on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. While earthquakes are not climate-driven, the damage they cause is similar to that of extreme weather, and this example demonstrates the importance of openly sharing data. Indeed, there are big…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since at least 2009—when the Arab Spring illustrated the possibilities, and the vulnerabilities, of online democracy and human rights activism—digital security trainers and experts have aided human rights activists in…
In this episode we talk to Nanjira Sambuli about technology, philanthropy and civil society. Nanjira is a researcher, policy analyst and advocacy strategist based in Nairobi, Kenya and in a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On March 1, 1990, the US Secret Service executed a search warrant on Steve Jackson Games, a game and publishing company in Austin, Texas, and took its computers and floppy disks. The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Ninety-five local governments across 33 states procured 3,638 megawatts (MW) of new renewable energy generation capacity in 2020 through 143 deals, the largest amount of capacity ever added in one…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. From its earliest days, environmental justice research has been rooted in the social movement that gave its name to the field. Grassroots activists against income and racial discrimination in the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At first glance, waves have the makings of an ideal renewable energy source. They’re predictable, constant, and tremendously powerful. Their energy potential is astonishing — researchers estimate that waves off…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Minneapolis Fed economist Andrew Goodman-Bacon recently published a report examining how the rollout of Medicaid in the late 1960s affected people who were children at the time. Today, Medicaid is one of…