This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. LISC believes that all children deserve access to a successful public school in their community. But, historically, there has not been equitable access to high-quality public schools given the pervasive…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. From the earliest days of the pandemic, COVID-19 has wrought a far higher toll in communities of color than in the general population – thrusting the long-standing issue of health…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It is widely known that the earnings of workers without college degrees have stagnated in recent years and employment rates, especially among men, have strongly declined (Groshen and Holzer, 2021;…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. With the beginning of 2022 marked by yet another wave of COVID-19, it’s easy to feel like there is a dark cloud hanging over the year already, despite it only…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Every year, 3.7 million students graduate from American high schools, and most head directly into the workforce, the military or a postsecondary learning experience. In June, 2021, 8.7 million Americans were…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Deeply rooted systemic inequities shape our country’s maternal mortality crisis. Because structural racism has driven long-standing racial inequities in health care access and health outcomes, maternal morbidity and mortality rates for Black and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Hope Cozart was perplexed when she received a letter from her son Maddox’s school in April telling her he needed to cut his hair because it was too long. Even…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. With many of President Biden’s legislative priorities stalled, pressure is mounting on the administration to use executive authority to cancel student debts — a move that would substantially narrow racial…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Despite historically low interest rates, not everyone can access capital to buy or fix a home or switch to a lower-interest loan. According to the most recent Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA)…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In Florida’s public school system, school personnel can use handcuffs, zip-ties, straightjackets or other devices on students who are acting out or misbehaving in a way that poses a threat…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The daily economic news cycle is awash with stories these days about the threat of automation and artificial intelligence to the future of work for hundreds of millions of U.S.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In a rare look at LGBTQ+ earnings, new data find that workers in the U.S. who identify as LGBTQ+ earn, on average, about 90 cents for every dollar the average worker makes. The…