This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Despite logistical hurdles and pushback from city officials, organizers are making it their mission to protect community fridges, which have transformed into a combination of social hubs and distribution centers…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Just east of the Kenai Peninsula in south central Alaska sits Prince William Sound: an inlet full of tidewater glaciers spanning 3,800 miles of coastline and flanked by the jagged…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Inequality is writ large in our economies. Not only are the top one percent capturing greater wealth than the bottom 50 percent of the population, there appears to be significant…
Across the U.S., rural, small town and Indigenous communities struggle to access the resources they need for their people to thrive. While these communities often look out for one another…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Next to Washington D.C.’s Piney Branch Parkway, right across from where that road intersects with 17th Street NW, CSO-049 serves the Rock Creek Sewershed, a 2,329-acre area of Washington D.C.,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In mid-September, bicycle advocates and members of the Bill de Blasio administration gathered on the Brooklyn Bridge to celebrate the first reconfiguration of the landmark in more than 70 years. In an…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Caitlin Cain, vice president and director of Rural LISC, is no stranger to natural disasters. As a 20-year resident of New Orleans, she’s lived through devastating storms alongside her neighbors…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Megan Monsour knew she was taking a risk last year when she pulled her two sons out of the Wichita, Kansas, district and enrolled them in Green Gate, a nature-focused…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Extreme urban heat exposure has dramatically increased since the early 1980s, with the total exposure tripling over the past 35 years. Today, about 1.7 billion people, nearly one-quarter of the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. To Chairman Himes and Members of the House Select Committee on Economic Disparity & Fairness in Growth: I thank you for the opportunity to testify today on how our social…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. That colleges have suffered big drops in enrollment isn’t news, but a closer look shows that the decline is worst among a part of the population that once made up…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Funding for climate action still sits at less than two percent of all philanthropic funding, ClimateWorks’ annual funding trends report has found. In 2020, ClimateWorks estimates that giving for climate change mitigation…