This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the pandemic-induced inequality gap keeps widening, this underlines the importance for countries to build back better as they emerge from the worst recession facing the world since the great…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Application processes—whether for jobs, funding, or other opportunities—are full of potential moments for bias to occur. In launching our venture studio, Ventures for Shared Prosperity, we knew that recruiting the right…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Between Jan. 1 and Aug. 18, 2021, 40,848 fires in the U.S. have burned nearly 4.3 million acres. These numbers will only increase as the current fires rage on and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This new guidance, which is available below as a PDF, is intended to help communities minimize the spread and impact of the rapidly-spreading Delta variant of COVID-19 among people experiencing homelessness. It was informed by CDC guidance and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A recent World Bank report, Revising Public Agricultural Support to Mitigate Climate Change, finds that agriculture subsidies have the potential to address food security and mitigate the impacts of climate change. Agriculture…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Recent data show 5.3 million renter households have lost a job since the pandemic’s onset, and many more have experienced cuts to hours, pay, or to gig and contracting work. These losses have…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. An Interview between Job Quality Fellow Walt Tobin (President, Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College) and Maureen Conway (Vice President, The Aspen Institute; Executive Director, Economic Opportunities Program) Walt Tobin recently reached a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s time to burst the bubble of the rural-urban divide: When it comes to competing against forces of gentrification and big agribusiness in the name of food equity, small farmers…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For older adults, social isolation may have dredged up past traumas that are difficult to come back from. And for those living in nursing homes that have been the center…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Universal free lunch doesn’t just provide meals for children. New York City’s school food program improves students’ perceptions of bullying, fighting, and safety at their schools, according to a new…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The U.S. government announced its first-ever water shortage declaration for the Colorado River on Aug. 16, 2021, triggering future cuts in the amount of water states will be allowed to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Amid a national housing affordability crisis and declining federal resources for affordable housing, local governments across the country are taking matters into their own hands. Some are finding new ways to raise revenue to directly support…