This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Columbine High School massacre was like nothing America had ever seen when media coverage began rolling in April 1999. At the time, it was the deadliest school shooting in history, and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Allowing teachers and other school personnel to carry concealed weapons on school property and eliminating gun-free school zones might be possible solutions to ending the wave of school shootings in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For the last five years, Abundant Robotics has been developing the world’s first robotic apple picker, with launch slated later this year. Abundant took a non-traditional approach: The company’s harvester…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s no secret the U.S. is in the midst of an affordable housing crisis. Rents are spiraling out of control while incomes stagnate, with rents increasing at more than triple the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Facebook had its IPO in 2012 and raised $104 billion, Chris Hughes walked away with $500 million. As Mark Zuckerberg’s Harvard roommate, and Facebook’s second ever member, he managed to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. An unexpected wild card in the gun regulation debate are the powerful voices of young people from Parkland, Florida who experienced the slaughter of their classmates first hand last week.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. MDRC has evaluated a variety of programs across the country. These include financial aid programs like performance-based scholarships, as well as learning communities, enhanced student services like additional advising and student…
Every year, around 670,000 students earn associate degrees from community colleges—yet only about 32,000 job postings in 2016 specifically asked for an associate of arts (A.A.) degree. Five years after…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. 50 years after the federal Fair Housing Act banned racial discrimination in lending, African-Americans and Latinos continue to be routinely denied conventional mortgage loans at rates far higher than their…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The January jobs report suggests the nearly nine-year-old economic expansion remains plenty capable of generating solid job growth: 200,000 last month and an average of 192,000 over the past three months. More…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As an impact investor and philanthropic advisor, I have the unique opportunity to see firsthand the unprecedented pace of change happening in cities around the world. From Shanghai to Paris,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Americans buy fresh, perishable food, we usually expect to know where much of it comes from. That’s due to an oft-contested law known as Country of Origin Labeling (COOL).…