This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In February 2017, when Keia Blount was preparing to be released after serving a five-year prison term at the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women, she had no idea where…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. October’s UN Sustainable Development Goal of the Month recognizes Goal 2: Zero Hunger. “Zero Hunger” speaks to the multi-dimensional approach needed to tackle food insecurity – from increasing access to healthy…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Cities had to get smarter faster than ever in the last 19 months as they faced the coronavirus crisis, the racial reckoning after the murder of George Floyd, climate-related extreme…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Americans are quitting their jobs in record numbers. This phenomenon has been dubbed the Great Resignation and created significant shortages of workers for businesses. To understand and address this issue, attention might…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There’s a growing push for pay transparency in both the for-profit and nonprofit sectors. For those unfamiliar with the concept, pay transparency includes both radical openness about compensation ranges within…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A writeup in National Geographic’s Earth Day 2020 magazine by Daniel Stone lists seven “charismatic foods” that we can expect to “morph in appearance, nutritional value, availability, and price as…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Healthy Eating Research (HER) recently released research that aims to understand the strategies that best increase consumer demand for healthier products. The report, A National Research Agenda to Support Health Eating Through Retail…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The grow room at Second Chances Farm in Wilmington, Delaware, feels like the future. Tucked away inside a low-rise industrial building on the city’s economically disadvantaged East Side, across from…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “Across the nation, severe weather fueled by climate change is pushing aging electrical systems past their limits, often with deadly results. Last year, the average American home endured more than…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. COVID-19 has made food access more challenging for many communities. In Michigan State University’s Fall 2021 Food Literacy and Engagement Poll, 31% of the people we talked to said the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The disparity remains regardless of the women’s academic productivity, specialization, and years on the job. “These women are at the top of their game,” says Eleni Linos, a professor of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. To understand how rural America has been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, it is important to grasp that rural America is not a monolith. Communities are diverse both in terms…