This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, nearly half of the American workforce ( ) has shifted to working from home. The initial assumption among employers and employees alike was…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the fall of 2019, Coca-Cola subsidiary Fanta tried to meet the youth where they were: on finsta. For the unfamiliar, the term refers to secondary Instagram accounts that teens and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Researchers examined data in 500 municipalities across the US between 1990 and 2015 to come up with the first nationwide, peer-reviewed analysis of racial inequalities in the implementation of the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The infrastructure bill currently under debate in Congress could send historic amounts of federal funding to rural communities. This is good news, but there will be challenges too. The “how”…
In the United States, a dominant narrative that having a job equals financial security persists, yet the majority of workers in America have jobs that do not allow them to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I am a biracial woman and second-generation immigrant. Like many people of color who are drawn to the nonprofit sector, I was inspired by the idea of helping to solve…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Los Angeles is grappling with one of the nation’s most severe housing shortages, especially at the lower end of the market. Among all US metropolitan areas, Los Angeles had the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Many people often assume that health care providers are healthier than the general population. The COVID-19 pandemic, however, has shined a concerning light on the the physical and mental health…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As more schools reopen, educators across the United States are having long-awaited in-person reunions with their students. They do so after supporting their students through more than a year of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A major wildfire spread through Colorado, and I spent long hours locating shelters, identifying evacuation routes and piecing together satellite imagery. As the Fourmile Canyon Fire devastated areas to the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Although people commonly think of homelessness as an urban phenomenon, data … indicates that nearly 75,000 people experiencing homelessness were in Balances of State or Statewide Continuums of Care, a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Industrial-scale farming systems enable mass production of cheap animal foods at low cost. However, poorly managed livestock systems have raised various environmental and health concerns. Factory farms, in which 99 percent…