This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When was the last time you watched a movie about poverty? Our Economic Justice team recently kicked off a new tradition of regularly watching movies about poverty to critically examine…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In recent years, breakthrough technologies in artificial intelligence (AI) and the use of satellite imagery made it possible to disrupt the way we collect, process, and analyze data. Facilitated by the intersection…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There’s a long history of U.S. courts being called upon to fix large-scale public health crises. Lawyers and judges, for instance, were key in settling claims related to asbestos, lead…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s not just the delta variant that makes Zhenghao Lin, a Chinese immigrant, nervous about returning to school next month. Zhenghao, a rising senior at Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The perfect storm erupted on Doug Rainforth’s birthday. Droughts in years prior had dried out the soil in Fairmont, Minnesota, where Rainforth manages the city’s water treatment plant. Rainforth suspects the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Scientists have known for decades that climate change makes wildfires more common, larger, and more intense. Now an international team of scientists has demonstrated a new connection between fires and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. You successfully led Liberia through the Ebola epidemic from 2014 to 2016 — helping stop the disease within your country and preventing its spread beyond West Africa. What advice do…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If Americans are to embrace apprenticeships, I believe coveted Silicon Valley companies, financial institutions, hospitals, and law firms must hire graduates who train outside of full-time academic programs. Indeed, the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the last year, our public interest technology team at New America interviewed people working in and around governments across the country. The same resonant themes emerged again and again.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Homeownership is often viewed as the entree to the American dream and the gateway to intergenerational wealth. However, this pathway is often less achievable for Black Americans who post a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The city of Chicago announced a first-of-its-kind legal challenge against food delivery platforms DoorDash and Grubhub on Friday, accusing the companies of engaging in a host of unfair business practices…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Awelcome development as the labor market has continued to recover since spring 2020 has been a narrowing of the gaps in unemployment rates between Black and Hispanic men and white…