This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If Americans are to embrace apprenticeships, I believe coveted Silicon Valley companies, financial institutions, hospitals, and law firms must hire graduates who train outside of full-time academic programs. Indeed, the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For decades, price, quality, and convenience have been the principal drivers of consumer purchasing decisions. Today, those drivers are competing with another important motivator: health. But while some companies like…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the last year, our public interest technology team at New America interviewed people working in and around governments across the country. The same resonant themes emerged again and again.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Homeownership is often viewed as the entree to the American dream and the gateway to intergenerational wealth. However, this pathway is often less achievable for Black Americans who post a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since the inception of trauma-informed care in the medical field in the late 1980s , the practice has evolved and permeated peripheral fields, including behavioral health, advocacy, and, in the past 20 years,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The city of Chicago announced a first-of-its-kind legal challenge against food delivery platforms DoorDash and Grubhub on Friday, accusing the companies of engaging in a host of unfair business practices…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As one of the 193 United Nations Member States to adopt the Sustainable Development Goals, India is committed to the UN pledge to “leave no one behind.” A crucial aspect of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This year has provided a grim preview of what climate scientists say the world is becoming. Suffocating heat in the Pacific Northwest killed 200 people. Torrential rains and flooding across…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Black Americans die at higher rates than White Americans at nearly every age. In 2019, the most recent year with available mortality data, there were over 62,000 such earlier deaths…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Awelcome development as the labor market has continued to recover since spring 2020 has been a narrowing of the gaps in unemployment rates between Black and Hispanic men and white…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Record downpours from Hurricane Ida overwhelmed cities across the Northeast on Sept. 1, 2021, hitting some with more than 3 inches of rain an hour. Water poured into subway stations…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The good news when Hurricane Ida churned into Louisiana on Aug. 29, 2021 was that levees held up – especially those that were strengthened after Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans…