This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the Trump Administration and Congressional Republicans attempt to portray a tax plan slanted to the top 1 percent as “middle-class” tax relief, it’s worth asking what actual tax relief…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On October 1st, 58 people were killed and 500 were injured in the deadliest mass shooting in the United States. The worst mass shooting before that night was the Orlando…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Maria, which destroyed Puerto Rico, has left 1.5 million American citizens without access to drinking water, while in Houston, the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey is still being felt. And Florida residents are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A little over a decade ago, when the word “innovation” was beginning to buzz around city halls, it wasn’t clear whether a movement toward more data-driven, innovative local government would…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Two years ago, McKinsey reported that achieving gender parity in India by 2025 would have a greater economic impact than in any other region in the world. The report, “The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. San Francisco, despite its reputation for unabashed progressivism and rapidly growing wealth, has a public school system with gapingly large achievement gaps and a more pronounced failure to serve low-income…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Chicago public school officials announced last Friday that enrollment over the past year had continued a nearly two-decade downward trend, declining by about 10,000 students. Roughly 371,000 students now attend the city’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Pittsburgh 3rd Service Platoon is a new group of volunteers that are ready to mobilize Pittsburgh’s veteran population–asking them to help refugees living in the South Hills of Pittsburgh.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Capital Impact Partners, a nonprofit loan fund and federally-certified community development financial institution, or CDFI, this week launched a $100 million fixed-income security that is available to retail investors for as little…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. More than 250 community leaders converged Wednesday at Sonoma State University to mark the launch of a regional organization created to unite the public and private sectors in their efforts…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In late August, the White House rolled back an Obama-era equal pay rule meant to shrink the gender wage gap by requiring large companies to report what they pay employees by gender…
A new wave of school district-led “innovation zones” holds promise to improve the substandard quality of education experienced by many low-income students, one of the most effective ways to put…