This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When the Clean Air Act was originally passed in 1970 only one member of Congress voted against it. Today, the very idea of a bi-partisan environmental regulation legislation effort is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. From the data available, large U.S. foundations and corporations donated nearly $300 million for disasters in 2014, an increase over the amount tracked in 2013. Yet this generous number pales…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Chavez, a Mexican American from Arizona, dropped out of the seventh grade in 1942 to start picking crops so that his mother wouldn’t have to. In the 1950s, in a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In August of 2001, Mitch Prinstein, a psychology professor who had just been hired at Yale University, offered his first class at the school: a course he had developed about…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Child care in the U.S. is more expensive than college in most places, relatively low quality, and in some cases completely unavailable to parents. During World War II, when women…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. AARP conducted a study of 40+ adults across the United States to understand the factors that influence social engagement, isolation, loneliness and social network size among older adults. The study…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Americans spend more on health care, but have lower life expectancies and worse health outcomes than any other developed country. This disparity arises partly from a lack of attention to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Women are deeply concerned about the issue of pay discrimination. Survey after survey indicates that unequal pay ranks at the top of women’s concerns about their work. To resolve the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The environmental and health benefits of phasing out some of the oldest, most polluting coal plants alone would justify the Clean Energy Development Plan. Compared to a business-as-usual future (95…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The New York State Comptroller, Thomas DiNapoli, is helping direct stockholders’ resolutions to fight climate change using tools built by a nonprofit organization. Ceres, a sustainability nonprofit organization with revenue…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The president’s proposed budget includes massive cuts to the social safety net, raising questions and concerns about what might happen to families in need. Among the cuts includes a decrease…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Yesterday, Senator Chuck Grassley sent a letter to the Senate Finance and Judicial Committees on the findings of his office’s investigation into the Wounded Warrior Project(WWP). The investigation has been ongoing…