This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. All Brittany Mann thinks about when she’s at work is her infant daughter, Aahliyah. While Mann works 12-hour shifts as a security guard at a women’s homeless shelter in lower…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If all had gone according to plan, the Constitution pipeline would be carrying fracked gas 124 miles from the shale gas fields of Pennsylvania through streams, wetlands, and backyards across…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The past year brought many new, unexpected challenges for mobility companies within the smart city space. Prominent micromobility powerhouses like Bird and Lime, for instance, laid off significant swaths of their…
As COVID has accelerated the movement to “remote everything,” the digital exclusion of historically marginalized groups is facing crisis proportions. In response, the National Urban League, working with other civil…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. With the arrival of effective vaccines against COVID-19, the end of the pandemic may finally be in sight. Yet the crisis in public education, one deeply exacerbated by the virus,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. COVID-19 made 2020 a year like no other. Infections and hospitalizations continue to spike. The most effective, widely implemented tool for containing the disease—social distancing—continues to leave schools struggling with…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Many Americans appear to be experiencing cautious optimism about the role that vaccines could play in ending the pandemic. But recent public opinion research suggests that 29% to 37% of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Individuals and leaders in all organizations can expect to find both challenges and opportunities in 2021. As we wait to vaccinate our country while continuing to combat the virus, we…
As cities procure technologies that gather and analyze data in the hopes of being more efficient and safer, many argue they also enable new and more insidious forms of surveillance.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For many renter households, February could spell disaster. Although a second round of pandemic-related stimulus is on its way, the 11.4 million renter households who owe back rent could still face eviction…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As changing weather patterns driven by global warming have extended California’s wildfire season and increased the intensity and size of the infernos burning across the state, residents who don’t take…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia — the heart of an eco-friendly region that’s frequently dubbed Cascadia — consider themselves a global leader on climate action. The three governments set some…