This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Last year was filled with extreme weather fueled by climate change. California was overrun by mudslides, and there were dangerous heat waves, droughts, and hurricanes. More than four in ten Americans…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. What is driving the wildfires that are ravaging California, Oregon and Washington? President Trump and state officials have offered sharply different views. Trump asserts that Western states haven’t done enough…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. During this hurricane season, the increase in named storms has been attributed in part to warmer temperatures below the surface of the Atlantic, but scientists have observed a growing number of storms per season…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 1912, textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts—mostly immigrant women from countries including Cuba, Ireland, Italy, Syria, and elsewhere—went on strike in response to wage cuts. This strike is sometimes referred to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In September of last year, heavy rainfall from Hurricane Ida reached the Northeastern U.S., killing at least eight people and flooding enough New York City subway stations that the whole system had…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Goodman Elementary School in Missouri’s Neosho School District was rebuilt from the ground up after a tornado destroyed the school in 2017. In August, it reopened as a $12 million…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Black men face a range of challenges in the labor market which hinder their employment opportunities. What can be done? Effective policies, operating at the federal, state and/or local level,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A landmark lawsuit by Rohingya refugees against Meta Platforms Inc, formerly known as Facebook, is a “wake-up call” for social media firms and a test case for courts to limit…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The researchers used self-reported data from a nationally representative sample of 697 pregnant veterans using Veterans Health Administration (VHA) maternity care benefits at 15 VHA medical centers between 2016 and 2020.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Today’s monster fires result largely from three human forces: taxpayer-funded fire suppression that has made the forest a tinderbox; policies that encourage construction in places that are clearly prone to burning; and climate…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Romantic ideas about locally grown food and a lack of statewide planning could be getting in the way of making real progress addressing food insecurity, climate change, and the economy.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The development community has been heavily researching and discussing cash transfers over the past decade, publishing hundreds of studies and scores of articles on their impacts and potential to alleviate poverty. At BRAC,…