This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Having a stable, safe, and affordable place to call home impacts our ability to be healthy. But because America’s foundational housing policies and systems intentionally excluded Black, Indigenous, and other…
Community colleges traditionally have been commuter campuses. Fewer than one-third of the nation’s two-year schools have on-campus housing. But on Aug. 12, 258 students at Kansas City Kansas Community College in Wyandotte County will…
Since Covid-19 first interrupted education in March 2020, prompting shutdowns and a shift to virtual learning, the widening opportunity gap has been in the spotlight. The pandemic has further exposed…
Water is the most essential resource for life, for both humans and the crops we consume. Around the world, agriculture accounts for 70% of all freshwater use. I study computers…
Danone Institute North America recently hosted a training for grant winners of its “One Planet. One Health” Initiative. The in-person training program in Boulder, CO focused on helping teams develop their…
More Americans are going hungry than last summer because of soaring food prices, but at least 16 states are refusing extra federal money meant to help the hungry, who are disproportionately…
Recovering jobs was one of the top priorities throughout the pandemic. It’s confusing, then, for employers to struggle to fill those roles, having worked so hard to be able to…
New findings link food insecurity and avoiding tap water. For nearly 61 million Americans, tap water is either unavailable or untrusted. New research shows for the first time that, in…
When it comes to education spending, middle-income Americans typically don’t put their money where their mouth is. How often do we hear politicians and parents wax poetic about education being…
While philanthropy has increasingly recognized the systemic injustices baked into society in the United States and beyond, funding to specifically combat white supremacist violence and ideology remains low. To explore…
Based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) is working to develop agricultural solutions in regions facing biophysical and socioeconomic constraints around the world.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Justifiably concerned about this massive increase in homelessness, funders have been pouring resources into preventing homelessness, creating affordable housing and moving people from unhoused to housed. These are essential investments. By contrast,…