This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. O’Neill, Nebraska is like a lot of small towns. Its population has shrunk, the farm economy is down and it’s lost political clout. State and federal government agencies are pulling…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. December 29th marked 100 days since Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico. Today, the island imports 95 percent of its food. As a major disaster aid package progresses—slowly—through Congress, it’s time to prioritize…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This project investigates the affordable rental housing market over the three decades from 1985 to 2013. It describes the sources of affordable rental housing, and the dynamic process by which…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Mark Buck can see some of the 314 turbines in Kansas’ largest wind farm from his office window in Medicine Lodge, where he is superintendent of the Barber County North…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo plans to introduce legislation that would require all campuses in the State University and City University of New York systems to create their own food pantries…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. 2017 was a watershed year for gender and human rights … sort of. Landmark legislation aimed to control the migration and advancement of some of the world’s poorest peoples, and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For the first time in the 25-year history of international climate negotiations, the 197 member countries of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) have reached an agreement…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Cold weather has hit the East Coast — and Baltimore’s Western High School, where students came prepared to learn with their backpacks, pens, homework…and blankets. A tweet surfaced Wednesday morning…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nearly a quarter of California children 5 years old and younger live in poverty, according to a new report that examines the impact of the cost of living and family…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Ethiopia’s Tigray region took home the Gold Award with its unique collective action, voluntary labor, and youth-inclusive approach to land conservation. Through Mass Mobilization Campaigns and a Youth Responsive Land Policy, villagers in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Does the news cycle drive philanthropy? Giving Compass — founded to provide learning resources to donors who want to give with greater impact — was only a few months old…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In September 2016, US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai proposed a Digital Empowerment Agenda with the aim of, among other things, providing broadband access and digital opportunities to…