This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. To enable more employees to take paid sick leave, a dozen states have passed sick leave mandates over the past decade in the United States. This paper evaluates empirically and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Leading employers joined forces in March 2021 to form the Employer Network Advancing Digital Skills and Equity, a peer network of employers from across industry sectors who are working together to ensure…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Moving to a sustainable and fair food system is a giant challenge, and the organisations driving it are small compared to the problems. So it is crucial that they are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For homicide detectives, 2020 brought good news and bad news. On the one hand, police across the nation solved more murders — in absolute numbers — than in any year…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The American Rescue Plan Act could do more to tackle racial wealth inequality, argues professor Goldburn P. Maynard Jr. While the American Rescue Plan Act provided a major infusion of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. P-EBT food benefits helped narrow the hunger gap during the pandemic. This school year, some families who relied on the program are now being excluded. When Lisa Brewer decided last July…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. New data from the Upcycled Food Association (UFA) shows upcycled products are having an unprecedented and growing impact on the ability to prevent food waste. The organization predicts that the 141 Upcycled Certified™ products…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption reached an explosive crescendo on Jan. 15, 2022. Its rapid release of energy powered an ocean tsunami that caused damage as far away as the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. High rates of teacher turnover are among the greatest barriers to building high-quality early childhood education (ECE) systems. In the United States, teachers working with the youngest learners turn over at much higher…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Before the 2020-21 school year, Christa Talbott, a 20-year veteran of New Orleans schools, had never considered leaving the profession she loved this early. But then came a dispiriting spring…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The United States is one of three high-income nations that does not guarantee paid sick leave for workers. As of March 2020, 25 percent of private-sector workers had no access to paid sick…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. An analysis of 1 million doctoral dissertations finds widespread bias against research that just seems feminine, even if it’s not explicitly about women or gender. For more than a decade,…