This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This Q&A is part of a series highlighting the work of Black education leaders in partnership with the 1954 Project. By the time she reached high school, Aimée Eubanks Davis,…
As a crucial source of employment in local communities, small businesses have an important role to play in advancing economic opportunity and job quality. Yet even before the pandemic, time…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Soon after being recruited by The Washington Post in 1992, reporter Michelle Singletary asked the newspaper’s business editor if she was hired because she was Black. Then 29 years old, Singletary had…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The second blog in our series highlights how LISC supports UN Sustainable Development Goal #8 – Decent Work and Economic Growth as part of our Impact Notes Social Bond Framework. Goal #8…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The field of implementation science needs to prioritize evidence-informed interventions that fit the daily lives of the communities in which they will be delivered. Early prevention and intervention efforts have…
Small businesses have suffered tremendously during the COVID-19 crisis. While cities have tried to provide relief opportunities to help small businesses stay afloat, these efforts are often uncoordinated amongst city…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Paying the rent for a decent home is not just a challenge for low-income families. As housing affordability increasingly creates stress on middle-income families, local governments, philanthropies, and even employers…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In April 2020, Ricardo DeLeon worked in production in the food factory at the Coyote Ridge Corrections Center in Connell, Washington, when one of his co-workers showed up to work feeling…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At the outset of the pandemic, working people who have long been overlooked and undervalued in America’s economic system were suddenly considered “essential,” and met with applause and national pressure…
Even before the pandemic, fifty million Americans – disproportionally workers with low wages, women, and workers of color – did not have access to the tools they need to build…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Using job listing and applicant data collected in 2015 by Snagajob, researchers cross-referenced available jobs posted in 16 metro areas with the number of applicants who lived within a “reasonable…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The pandemic has hit many households hard, but perhaps none more so than those who have struggled to access and afford water. Falling behind on water bills, lower-income households and communities…