This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. What does it take for a low-wealth, chronically underinvested region to develop a community-centered investment system? This is a central question addressed in a new report that Sandra Mikush—a former…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Last week, New York City’s incoming schools chancellor made a stunning acknowledgment: The nation’s largest school district has been teaching reading the wrong way for 25 years. David Banks said clearly that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the middle of a pandemic in 2020, I left my job at a local public radio station to run NewsMatch*, one of the largest collaborative fundraising campaigns for independent journalism. The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the Philadelphia jail, the number of COVID-19 cases has tripled in the last two months. In Chicago’s lockup, infections have increased 11-fold in the same period. And in New…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 2021, we are no strangers to the throes of climate change, with examples including the ongoing drought in the Western United States and recent flooding in Germany and Belgium. Flooding, particularly on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Before it’s too late, we must address a critical gap in this country’s economic recovery strategy: help for single mothers in college. These determined mothers understand the connection between their…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Climate change is magnifying threats such as flooding, wildfires, tropical storms and drought. In 2020 the U.S. experienced a record-breaking 22 weather and climate disasters that each caused at least $1…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the omicron variant brings a new wave of uncertainty and fear, I can’t help reflecting back to March 2020, when people in health care across the U.S. watched in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Before COVID-19, there was tuberculosis. Twentieth century British physician Thomas McKeown controversially proposed that the sharp declines in infectious disease death rates in the late 1900s were due to improved…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “Over the past two decades, the K-12 student population has become much more racially diverse, but that same trend in diversity is not reflected in teachers and school leaders,” says…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Many American suburbs have relied on exclusionary zoning and land-use policies that prevent and slow development with the explicit goal of excluding low-income people of color. In effect, this hoards opportunity by limiting…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the last decade, more than 70 natural disasters have occurred on tribal lands, with some communities being hit more than once a year. According to an analysis from the…