This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. According to a recent report from the nonprofit organization FoodPrint, plant-based meat alternatives are unlikely to replace factory-farmed meat. Demand for plant-based meat is on the rise around the world. An analysis…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Americans have an enduring, though contradictory, fondness for local institutions. On the whole, it can be summed up as “it’s bad out there, but it’s fine where I am.” Polls…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. D.C. has experimented with flexible benefit programs, including a “shallow rental subsidy” kicked off in 2017 that offered families $7,200 at the start of the year and allowed families to spend…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. To enable more employees to take paid sick leave, a dozen states have passed sick leave mandates over the past decade in the United States. This paper evaluates empirically and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Leading employers joined forces in March 2021 to form the Employer Network Advancing Digital Skills and Equity, a peer network of employers from across industry sectors who are working together to ensure…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The power of children’s stories resides largely in its audience: in how open young people are to new ideas. Their drive to experiment is familiar to any parent: Children invent…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Last summer’s heat dome caused more than record-breaking temperature increases – the extreme weather event contributed to rising anxiety about climate change, according to a new study. Researchers with the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Not only has the COVID-19 pandemic caused mental health symptoms—it has revealed the lack of basic support for the emotional health of our children, who as a group are underserved…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Off the Massachusetts and New York coasts, developers are preparing to build the United States’ first federally approved utility-scale offshore wind farms – 74 turbines in all that could power…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It feels, right now, as if the only real certainty is uncertainty. But this doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try to think about the future. Once we abandon the idea of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic hit communities of color in the United States with a disproportionate ferocity that exposed and exploited generations of inequity. For vulnerable youth and young adults residing in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. With the Build Back Better plan (BBB) currently facing an uncertain future in the Senate, substantial investments in children that would expand on earlier pandemic responses also hang in the balance. The House-passed Build Back…