This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I live in a 65-square-meter apartment in Singapore that costs $350,000. Is it cheap? No. Is it affordable? Yes. From my perspective, affordability is a function of the market we…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Grounded in the belief that women’s economic inclusion is one of the most unexploited opportunities for improving lives, women have become a major focus of development policy over the past…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On any given day in the United States, about 400,000 children are in foster care, living with and cared for by people who aren’t their biological parents. Many have suffered…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Gifted programs in elementary schools aren’t adequately serving Black and low-income students, research finds. “The potential benefits aren’t equally distributed,” says lead author and University of Florida College of Education…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 crisis cost women around the world $800 billion in lost income in 2020, Oxfam said on Thursday, as it demanded steps to tackle gender inequality. Women, overrepresented in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On April 22, Them, an online publication, reported that four gay men had been murdered in South Africa in less than a month. The disturbing report made national headlines after…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the Frontline documentary “Growing Up Poor in America,” 13-year old Ohioan Shawn and his mother and baby sister were subsisting on $885 a month in benefits during the early…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As COVID-19 upends the global food supply chain and disrupts economies around the world, the threat of food waste looms particularly large. Farmers are faced with fields of crops and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Change is most effective when we follow the lead of the stories, experiences, and data shared by communities. Across the StriveTogether Cradle to Career Network, we use this information to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Jenny Price, historian, artist, author, and Ivy League academic, thinks most environmentalists are sabotaging their own cause. Shouldering their tote bags through the organic aisle at the grocery store, they…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Women journalists and journalists of color aren’t paid as well as their white male counterparts in 14 Gannett newsrooms, and journalists in unionized newsrooms are paid better than those in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For decades, Saudi Arabia had one of the lowest female labor force participation rates in the world. In 2018, the share of Saudi women who had a job or were…