This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Traffic is so ubiquitous in U.S. cities that until recently, imagining urban life without it meant looking to other nations for examples. Then, in 2020, COVID-19 closures and lockdowns took…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. June’s record-breaking heat wave left more than 40 million Americans sweltering in temperatures over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Some places reached 120 F, and energy grids were struggling to keep people…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. One in three US households—38 million of them1 — struggle with housing costs that jeopardize their financial security. As a greater proportion of a family’s income goes to mortgage or…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Bella Hughes remembers picking up seashells on Waimānalo Beach in Hawaiʻi as a kid. Today, she says her children pick up microplastics. “Being from an island, our resources are precious,”…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new podcast has launched in Iran to encourage women to share their domestic abuse experiences and challenge societal taboos to make their voices heard. In each episode, a different woman joins the founder Maryam (whose…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Without warning, on the most bitter winter days, or the hottest of summer, smokestacks that sit idle much of the year switch online, spewing trails of climate-altering, coronavirus-exacerbating pollutants across the sky,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. President Biden’s American Families Plan proposes to offer high-quality universal pre-K (UPK) to all three- and four-year old children. To support a dramatic increase in the number of American children…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Union construction jobs are not just good jobs, they are great jobs. They have a relatively low entry barrier and offer world-class training, great pay, and benefits that allow members…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Human Rights Watch says the UN improperly collected and shared data from more than 800,000 Rohingya refugees with their host country Bangladesh, which passed it on to Myanmar, the country…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The promise of opportunity—and with it, economic and social mobility—is a central tenet of the American Dream. In his inaugural address, President Biden described a set of “common objects we…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Many of the strategies critical to ensuring public health, such as lockdowns, stay-at-home orders, social isolation, and social distancing, have a profound impact on families experiencing intimate partner violence, also…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In a recent project my team worked on to improve public housing, we saw the benefits of listening to residents—and the limitations of not listening enough. With support from our partners…