This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Many low-income families who rent in San Mateo County have been displaced from their homes and are forced to make difficult and precarious tradeoffs in their search for new housing.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As architects, we are increasingly aware of humanitarian disasters, environmental, social and political, which impact vulnerable communities worldwide. Perhaps our screen-time has some part to play—while social media channels are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Across ethnicities and economic status, girls outperform boys on English in standardized tests Three of four African-American boys in California classrooms failed to meet reading and writing standards on the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. One of the biggest current challenges for the impact investing community is the aggregation and deployment of growth capital equity in the world’s poorest countries. Few would argue with the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) released a report claiming that E-Verify lowered unemployment rates in states that implemented it. FAIR’s report is deeply flawed. The first section of this blog…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Harsh life experiences appear to leave African-Americans vulnerable to Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, researchers reported Sunday at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in London. Several teams presented evidence that poverty,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The New Philanthropy — An Open Letter to Jeff Bezos Dear Jeff: You’ve bought Whole Foods; you have an enormously successful company with Amazon. So now it seems like the right…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Water is elemental. Without it, nothing can grow. And without safe water, children may not survive. Children without access to safe water are more likely to die in infancy —…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. What happens when a Seattle-based nonprofit and tech giant partner up? Seattle gets five new restaurants and cafes. The eateries, in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood, provide training opportunities…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Complete with cowboy hat, Bill Gates traveled a long way from the bustle of Seattle to witness the innovative techniques being used to raise cattle in the outback of Australia.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In October 2012, Hurricane Sandy killed more than 150 people in the U.S. and caused an estimated $65B in damage – making it the 2nd costliest U.S. hurricane. Read more about…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Women are clustered in the lowest-paying, lowest opportunity jobs in the economy. Few of these jobs offer access to career paths, so advancement is limited to small increments in weekly…