This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On All Saints’ Day, Nov. 1, religious leaders from multiple denominations gathered in a sugar cane field in St. James Parish where evidence suggests enslaved African Americans were buried. In…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Dear mayors and city council members, I appreciate that when you are making decisions for the community, you have the best interests of your constituents at heart. But as a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Coming together for friendship, worship, play, learning, commerce, protest, governing, mourning, or celebration is fundamental. The desire to be with others is innate; the right to do so is declared…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The climate crisis had been deepening even before the COVID-19 pandemic, affecting everyone, everywhere—but especially the poorest and most vulnerable people. The world is “off-track” on both climate mitigation and adaptation,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “To be male, poor, and either African-American or Native-American is to confront, on a daily basis, a deeply held racism that exists in every social institution,” writes our Brookings colleague Camille Busette.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In Japan, manufacturing facilities use “green curtains”—living panels of climbing plants—to clean the air, provide vegetables for company cafeterias, and reduce energy use for cooling. A walk-to-school program in the United…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the inadequacy of public health systems worldwide, casting a shadow that we could not have imagined even a year ago. As the fog of confusion…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Indigenous voters showed up in force for the 2020 election, a marked increase from 2016. And get out the vote organizers expect to keep the momentum going by reminding Indigenous people that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Dr. Biplav Srivastava, professor of computer science at the University of South Carolina, and his team have developed a data-driven tool that helps demonstrate the effect of wearing masks on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 global pandemic has produced a human and economic crisis unlike any in recent memory. The global economy is experiencing its deepest recession since World War II, disrupting economic…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. 2020 women donors may go down in history as having been the first class of women donors to drive massive political change in one election. According to data from the…
America is experiencing a housing affordability crisis. Even before the pandemic, in no state, metropolitan area, or county in the U.S. could a worker earning the federal or prevailing state…