This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Why does the country’s largest foundation dedicated to health and health equity care about community power? I get that question a lot when discussing our support of Lead Local, a collaboration…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Sophia Huston started working as a hotshot — a specialized wildland firefighter with advanced technical training — she was 19 and didn’t know what she was getting herself into.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In Episode 3 of Inside Story, our video series for people in prisons and jails, we look at how foster care agencies use federal funds intended for some of our…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It is widely known that the earnings of workers without college degrees have stagnated in recent years and employment rates, especially among men, have strongly declined (Groshen and Holzer, 2021;…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Every year, 3.7 million students graduate from American high schools, and most head directly into the workforce, the military or a postsecondary learning experience. In June, 2021, 8.7 million Americans were…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. With many of President Biden’s legislative priorities stalled, pressure is mounting on the administration to use executive authority to cancel student debts — a move that would substantially narrow racial…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Despite historically low interest rates, not everyone can access capital to buy or fix a home or switch to a lower-interest loan. According to the most recent Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA)…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The daily economic news cycle is awash with stories these days about the threat of automation and artificial intelligence to the future of work for hundreds of millions of U.S.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In a rare look at LGBTQ+ earnings, new data find that workers in the U.S. who identify as LGBTQ+ earn, on average, about 90 cents for every dollar the average worker makes. The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In a 2021 report, the World Meteorological Organization found, “The number of disasters has increased by a factor of five over the 50-year period [1970–2019], driven by climate change, more extreme…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Medical laboratory professionals form the backbone of health care and the public health system. They conduct some 13 billion laboratory medicine tests annually in the U.S. As of January 2022,…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Data from New York City shows that Black and Latinx people, already disproportionately impacted by the pandemic, will be most impacted by the end of the…