This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On February 18, 2021, Assistant Director Stephen Menendian presented the Institute’s latest research findings on the exclusionary effects of restrictive zoning, a summary of prior research, and it’s relationship to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Between 2017 and 2019, homelessness increased by 43 percent in Alameda County, California and unsheltered homelessness grew by 63 percent. The upsurge in homelessness is plain to see throughout the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When my father grew up in East New York, it was a true melting pot of backgrounds and ethnicities. And the local YMCA was the place where everyone of every…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. COVID-19 has exacerbated inequality for people with disabilities around the world. They are struggling to access health care, are more exposed to the virus, and have disproportionately felt the social…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Part One in a two-part series. Read Part Two. Our public education system, as it exists today, was not built to prepare young people for jobs in the present and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Americans often take electricity for granted – until the lights go out. The recent cold wave and storm in Texas have placed considerable focus on the Electric Reliability Council of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Adequate healthcare is notoriously inaccessible in the United States, and especially so for communities of color. Coupled with western history’s immeasurable examples of medical racism, lack of meaningful access to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. According to the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2020, North America won’t see gender equality for 151 years. The report also states that gender parity can have a large…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For over two months, farmers in India have been on a largely peaceful protest over three laws the Indian Parliament passed in September 2020 to liberalize how and to whom…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Food deserts are places where it is difficult to buy fresh food. Defined by the USDA as “parts of the country vapid of fresh fruit, vegetables, and other healthful whole foods, usually found in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Prisoners are defecating in paper bags and overflowing toilets, there aren’t enough extra blankets to go around, and mess hall kitchens are churning out half-rations of unidentifiable cold food. As…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Today, more than 50 percent of the world lives in a city. By 2050, that number is expected to climb to 70 percent. As our cities continue to grow, so…