This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The central strategy of most market-based sanitation (MBS) programs is to encourage entrepreneurial participation in sanitation value chains. However, fostering commercially viable and sustainable enterprises that attract and sustain entrepreneurial…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the spring of 2016, the city of Cleveland agreed to pay $6 million to the family of Tamir Rice, the 12-year-old boy who was shot and killed by a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Women-owned businesses in Canada are taking nearly twice the amount of time to recover financially from the impacts of COVID-19 than those owned by men, a new study revealed. The Business…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As our country continues to wrestle with the damaging effects of the coronavirus pandemic, and school closures become the norm nationwide in an attempt to slow the spread, millions of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On February 18, 2021, Assistant Director Stephen Menendian presented the Institute’s latest research findings on the exclusionary effects of restrictive zoning, a summary of prior research, and it’s relationship to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Between 2017 and 2019, homelessness increased by 43 percent in Alameda County, California and unsheltered homelessness grew by 63 percent. The upsurge in homelessness is plain to see throughout the…
In his Inaugural Address last month, President Joe Biden spoke at length about unity. He mentioned the word 11 times in his 19-minute speech, as he implored Americans to set…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Eleven months have passed since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). As we rang in the new year, the world surpassed two million deaths due to COVID-19. While…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. COVID-19 has exacerbated inequality for people with disabilities around the world. They are struggling to access health care, are more exposed to the virus, and have disproportionately felt the social…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Adequate healthcare is notoriously inaccessible in the United States, and especially so for communities of color. Coupled with western history’s immeasurable examples of medical racism, lack of meaningful access to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. American Indians and Alaska Natives (AIAN) are dying of COVID-19 at much higher rates and at younger ages than other groups. In some states, the COVID-19 death rate for AIAN…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. According to the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2020, North America won’t see gender equality for 151 years. The report also states that gender parity can have a large…