This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. He pays taxes, volunteers in his community, and is gainfully employed, but still his voice remains unheard. Although today he could be on a politician’s reelection campaign poster, Gary Malachi Scott…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. From gas prices to grocery bills, global supply chain disruption and domestic labor shortages continue to ripple across America. The historic deficit of nearly 80,000 truck drivers in the U.S.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. More than half of Americans favor remote learning to protect students and teachers’ “health and safety” as COVID surges, according to a new Harris Poll conducted for Axios. The findings, consistent among…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In much of the West and Southwest, the climate crisis is projected to raise average temperatures while reducing snowpack for much of the foreseeable future. These trends will significantly increase the risk of drought…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Housing is integral to our collective wellness and overall public health, as is the food we eat. Food and housing are the two most significant social determinants of health and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Let’s start with the brutal truth. The way we fund social change is horribly broken. Knowingly or not, we have built a dysfunctional structure of restrictive norms, demoralizing messages, limiting…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Public service programs often pose a confusing maze to the people they intend to serve. Agencies often work in isolation, with broken pathways looping back on themselves or leading to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Many states now have laws requiring the disclosure of salary information, as well as to make it illegal to ask for candidates’ salary history. An increasing number of organizations in our…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Impact Justice, a nonprofit dedicated to justice reform, recently released a report that finds the low standards of food in prisons can have long-term negative impacts on people who are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Medicaid, the largest public health insurance program for the non-elderly, low-income population in the United States, has been an important lifeline for many since the pandemic began, with almost 10…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A lot happened last year. Record temperatures rolled through the Pacific Northwest. Hawaii was hit by a blizzard. The streets of New York City flooded and wildfires raged in the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Cities are increasingly incorporating ideas for “green infrastructure” into their planning, but what they mean by that can be unclear and inconsistent within and across cities, according to recently published findings from…