This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Our nation’s mass incarceration crisis has led to far too many people locked up in jails and prisons. As public outrage grows regarding the unfairness of the criminal justice system,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the world begins to emerge on the other side of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a new-found realization of the interconnectedness of the big, hard issues we face and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Sophea Soung has been farming on Boeung Tompoun, one of the few remaining lakes in Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh, since 2009. Every day, her family rises with the sun to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For impact investors, one of the many takeaways from the last 18 months should be this: incrementalism will not get us where we need to go. That is true on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The number of unaccompanied children taken into border authority custody after crossing the U.S. Southern Border is growing dramatically by the day. In January and February alone, there were 15,000 unaccompanied children…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Tanya Coke, director of the gender, racial, and ethnic justice program at the Ford Foundation, and Mindy Tarlow, managing director of portfolio strategy and management at the philanthropic collaborative Blue…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), encompassed in a historic agreement signed in 2015 by the United Nations’ member states, are a universal call to end poverty, secure justice, and protect…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Last week’s Bureau of Labor Statistics July jobs report showed a robust, 943,000-job increase from the month prior and a decrease in the unemployment rate, to 5.4%. However, the fact remains that the U.S.…
One in every nine children in Maricopa County is asthmatic. The Arizona county, home to Phoenix, has some of the most polluted air in the country. At least 13 percent…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A pig’s ideal temperature is 65 degrees Fahrenheit. So on a 90-degree day in the middle of July, Phil Borgic keeps a close eye on his herd. “A pig can’t sweat,”…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Large majorities of both Democrats and Republicans believe nurses and health care aides are underpaid, according to a recent poll. More than 7 in 10 Americans trust both nurses and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As employees across many industries embrace new ways to work, certain industries have suffered a recent labor shortage. Many employees are leaving their positions in search of better work-life balance…