Democracy

Giving Compass’ Take: • Laura Tomasko et al. offer guidance for advocates of impact investing on engaging policymakers and strengthening government support. • How does impact investing compare to philanthropy? How…

City officials are increasingly working to leverage advanced information and communication technologies to bring their smart city dreams to life. Investments are being targeted to achieve everything from enhancing local…

Baljit Kaur, 50 has been farming most of her life in Punjab, India. For her, cultivating her crops and tending to the land is a blessing and goes beyond simply…

Like the air you breathe, you may not spend a lot of time thinking about the land you live on. But for many communities and individuals in low- and middle-income…

The COVID-19 pandemic – and the government’s insufficient response in providing economic relief – has led to an enormous increase in food insecurity in this country. At least 54 million people are…

Research has consistently shown a strong link between incarceration and homelessness. Our 2018 report found that formerly incarcerated people are almost 10 times more likely to be homeless than the general public. Other national data shows…

Women are nowhere close to equal to men in the United States. They are underpaid. They are underrepresented in government. Their work is undervalued. And the burdens of a functioning…

Regional disparities in human and financial resources largely determine how they do their work. Although non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have become powerful voices in world environmental politics, little is known of the…

Launched in 2014 with support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, Ford Foundation, and Wallace H. Coulter Foundation, the AAPI Civic Engagement Fund works to foster a culture of civic…

As part of President Biden’s first days in office, he has proposed expanding the earned income tax credit (EITC) for workers without children living at home, who are considered “childless” for tax…

In 2019,  one quarter of all children nationwide had an immigrant parent. Ensuring these children and their parents have access to quality health care is critical to our nation’s future. The Biden…

The policies that helped financially struggling Americans stay in their homes and keep access to water and electricity during the COVID-19 pandemic also helped reduce the spread of the virus,…