This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Microsoft pledged $500 million for affordable housing in January. Five months later, Google said it would invest $1 billion to help the Bay Area housing crisis. Amazon and Salesforce also…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. While environmental exposures can be critical, they are often not the only factors in determining health outcomes either at the individual or at the population level. And the role that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the US, philanthropy plays an outsized role in education. The share of the world’s ultra-rich who live in the USA, along with tax laws that encourage charitable giving and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a landmark change in the way Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits are established for more than 42 million people who use these benefits to help…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Buckling roads and melting streetcar cables during the record high temperatures in the Pacific Northwest illustrate that “heat wave” is a buzz word this summer, and scientists blame climate change. The heat…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For more than a year, the COVID-19 pandemic has presented a societal challenge: It affects us all, but it affects us differently. Like other societal challenges, such as the climate crisis, economic…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the pandemic-induced inequality gap keeps widening, this underlines the importance for countries to build back better as they emerge from the worst recession facing the world since the great…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The unusual school, work and home conditions that so many Americans have faced during the pandemic have given researchers new opportunities to study the causes and consequences of family stressors…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Application processes—whether for jobs, funding, or other opportunities—are full of potential moments for bias to occur. In launching our venture studio, Ventures for Shared Prosperity, we knew that recruiting the right…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Rates of physical and psychological aggression among couples increased significantly after the implementation of shelter-in-place restrictions at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers report. The pandemic resulted in a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Between Jan. 1 and Aug. 18, 2021, 40,848 fires in the U.S. have burned nearly 4.3 million acres. These numbers will only increase as the current fires rage on and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The number of “uncontained large fires” around the United States has now reached 100 (PDF), more evidence that America is in the midst of one of the most devastating wildfire seasons…