This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the US federal government assumed that banks were the best way to distribute billions of dollars of relief to small businesses. But this unplanned national…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In late May, the Small Business Administration stopped processing relief applications from women, veterans, and people of color. Then the agency started rescinding their approvals. When Kazu Fukumoto, the owner of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The home appraisal industry is among the nation’s least diverse industries, and its racial and ethnic homogeneity has been linked to reports of undervaluation and appraisal bias in Black and Hispanic neighborhoods.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “On the heels of one of the worst wildfire years on record, the federal government is struggling to recruit and retain staff as firefighters grapple with low wages, trauma and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Air pollution contributes to as many as 9 million premature deaths worldwide each year – twice as many as war, other violence, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined. Fine particulate matter…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A recently released working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research by Analisa Packham of Vanderbilt University examined the impact of needle exchange programs (referred to as Syringe Exchange Programs or…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Biden administration announced late last week that it would extend the nationwide eviction moratorium one more month, through July 31. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said it intends…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Four out of five children in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem whose homes have been demolished by Israeli authorities say they have lost faith that anyone can help…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. From July 6 to 15, countries will report on their SDG progress at the UN Economic and Social Council’s annual High-Level Political Forum. As COVID-19 continues to rage around the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Picture this: two babies born on the same day, maybe even within the same hour, at the Harlem Hospital Center in New York City. One baby, born to a Black…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For generations, hundreds of thousands of West Virginia coal miners earned a good living. The money they made supported local economies in towns across Appalachia. And their labor down in…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Douglas Phillips discusses the Procedural Justice-Informed Alternatives to Contempt (PJAC) demonstration project’s approach to reducing child support debt. • How can efforts to reduce child support debt…