This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over one million U.S. military service members are members of the National Guard or reserves. These troops are being tested like never before, yet they do not receive the same…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The U.S.’s top envoy to Haiti resigned abruptly on Sept. 22, 2021, over the Biden administration’s “inhumane” treatment of Haitian migrants crossing the border via Mexico into Texas. The resignation…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The UN Principles on Reparations and Immunity, which provides basic guiding principles around gross human rights violations, holds that “reparation should be proportional to the gravity of the violations and the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Given the public’s increasing demands for real change to the criminal justice system, we’ve updated and expanded our annual guide for state legislators to reforms that we think are ripe for victory.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Criminal justice reform is an area of philanthropy that has expanded dynamically during the past several years, attracting a wide range of donors funding several approaches. As Inside Philanthropy has reported,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Unemployment and the shift to remote work have confined many U.S. workers to their homes for much of the past year and half. But some are struggling to keep their…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As doctors think about the havoc the global pandemic may cause in a classroom and education experts discuss learning loss, they need to hear from students — particularly from Black…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The city council of Santa Ana, the predominantly Latino county seat of Orange County, California, approved a cutting-edge resolution this month that not only declares a climate emergency, but simultaneously…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Across the country, postsecondary education leaders are striving to increase graduation rates. Among a variety of evidence-based strategies to boost those numbers, perhaps the most prominent are multifaceted student support…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Illinois will give every eligible child care worker in the state a one-time $1,000 bonus in an effort to stem high turnover and ease a staffing crunch that has challenged the industry.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Biden administration anticipates that 65,000 Afghan evacuees will have entered the United States by the end of September, with an additional 30,000 expected over the next 12 months. Many have suffered…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Buildings with fewer than five units account for about half of all US rental units (PDF). Units in these buildings, especially in two-to-four-unit buildings, are more affordable than units in larger multifamily buildings, and owners…