This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The U.S. labor market had 10.1 million job openings at the end of June, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But 8.7 million workers were still unemployed in July. If there are so…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A recent report from the Global FoodBanking Network (GFN) finds that food banks worldwide had to rapidly adapt operations and services to provide for even more communities facing hunger in 2020. As…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Extreme rainfall and flooding left paths of destruction through communities around the world this summer. The latest was in Tennessee, where preliminary data shows a record-shattering 17 inches of rain…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There is no such thing as a natural disaster. To say so would imply that disasters are inevitable, when really, human actions — or inaction— turn natural hazards such as…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As families with children start receiving the first of their monthly checks from the American Rescue Plan’s expanded child tax credit, Robert Greenstein calls the benefit transformational in reaching the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The benefits of public art are plentiful: inspiration, engagement, revitalization, economic development, beauty. Public art has all too often been directly associated with the displacement of families and individuals when…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Colleagues and I recently conducted a qualitative survey of poor women in Jordan to further the understanding of justice as a dimension of poverty. These women had experienced legal problems involving…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. What do millions of people who occupied Wall Street, felt the “Bern,” wore pink hats with pointy ears, and donned baseball caps with the slogan “Make America Great Again” have…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s time we create learning environments that make mathematics accessible for all students “But I’m just not a math person.” We’ve all heard this refrain—and possibly even echoed it ourselves.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) has invested $11 million in efforts to revitalize American communities and bridge racial gaps in health, wealth, and opportunity. As part of the initiative, the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Leah Penniman is a Black Kreyol educator, farmer/peyizan, author and food justice activist from Soul Fire Farm in Grafton, New York. She co-founded Soul Fire Farm in 2011 with the mission to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the past year, job losses from the COVID-19 pandemic have exacerbated housing insecurity among low-income renters. As of January 2021, nearly one in four of the nation’s 43 million renter households reported having…