This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s been almost a year since the coronavirus put the U.S. arts and culture sector in lockdown. At Americans for the Arts, we spent the last year surveying artists and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Even under normal circumstances, service providers struggle to meet the needs of children and families experiencing homelessness. And, these are far from normal times. Millions of families are now at…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since March 2020, the coronavirus pandemic has caused severe economic downturn and generated a spike in food insecurity in the country. At the same time, farmers had to destroy significant quantities of food because…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, hundreds of meatpacking plants across the country have struggled to contain outbreaks. Many of the hardest-hit plants are in the Midwest and Great Plains, where…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. During a virtual panel on digital and physical food security organized by Food Tank and the Refresh Working Group, experts discussed how technology can equitably improve food security. Moderated by…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Why climate smart agriculture? Climate-smart agriculture has three objectives that make it a holistic and equitable solution for poverty in the age of climate change: Increased adaptability of farmers to changing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Seattle area has the country’s third largest concentration of citizens like Lovey, experiencing homelessness, and the city has become the centre of the US’s battle against the spread of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. News media and scholarly reporting frequently misrepresent or misunderstand rural America. Few examples illustrate this more than the wake of the 2016 election, when droves of largely nonrural reporters flocked…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As part of President Biden’s first days in office, he has proposed expanding the earned income tax credit (EITC) for workers without children living at home, who are considered “childless” for tax…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The policies that helped financially struggling Americans stay in their homes and keep access to water and electricity during the COVID-19 pandemic also helped reduce the spread of the virus,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The latest estimates suggest that about 60% American students have access to in-person instruction of some sort — the highest figure since November. But some districts and teachers unions remain resistant, worried about the virus spreading…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The coronavirus recession continues to severely impact Black and Latinx workers, who are disproportionally suffering, compared to other workers in the United States. Understanding the causes of these disparate impacts…