White House National Economic Council Director Lael Brainard detailed a new plan for unlocking housing affordability at a time when homelessness has hit record highs, rental costs are eating a disproportionate share of people’s incomes, and homeownership becomes increasingly unattainable.
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Memphis, Tennessee, is often the subject of negative media attention, particularly when it comes to crime and poverty.However, after working for months with local non-profit organizations as part of our Narrative Change work, we were able to confirm what residents of the city have always known—that…
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A leader in philanthropy explains that to reclaim our democracy, we need to fight inequality by funding worker organizing.
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When it comes to teaching students about climate activism, educators waver between empowering young citizens and courting controversy.
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This paper finds that decreases in education spending affect the gender gap in time spent in child care, with women allocating more time weekly.
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People with disabilities face higher levels of food insecurity, reforms to SNAP can help increase access to nutritious food.
Read the full article at: foodtank.com
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Personalized education was already big pre-pandemic, but homeschooling and digital instruction made more parents and teachers embrace the idea. With a shortage of human teachers, many schools jumped on the…
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When the board of a foundation dedicated to innovation in healthcare delivery asked, “What could we achieve with advocacy?”, the question changed the entire trajectory of its philanthropy. Executive Director…
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As nightstand “To Be Read” piles grow and donation boxes expand, readers are consuming more and more books each year. At the same time, the publishing industry still faces a looming…
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Digital technologies have dazzled but not delivered the expected dividend in higher aggregate productivity growth. Inequality has been rising. The COVID-19 pandemic can reinforce these dynamics as it accelerates digital…
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Listening to community members and people with field experience is an essential practice of funders who make outsized impact. Listening to the community revealed to the Tzedek Social Justice Fund in Asheville,…
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To improve Black women’s economic well-being, policymakers will need to address systemic racial and gender disparities in education, employment, housing, and health care.