This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since 2018, a land area six times the size of New York City has been destroyed by loggers and miners operating illegally along the Xingu River in Brazil’s Amazon region.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The current place of impact investing in public discourse can only be understood within the broader context of debates surrounding the legitimacy and value of philanthrocapitalism, defined as the deliberate…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Human activities, such as burning fossil fuels for transportation and electricity, have worsened the intensity of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Every year, human civilization churns out ever more dangerous quantities of greenhouse gases. Every day we see and feel the increasing effects of a growing climate crisis that impacts people’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the past 75 years, the United States has tapped investment and innovation to lead the world out of myriad crises. America’s rise as a global leader after World War…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Some 56 million years ago, just after the Paleocene epoch gave way to the Eocene, the world suddenly warmed. Scientists continue to debate the ultimate cause of the warming, but…
In this episode of Who Belongs? we hear from Jacinta González, an organizer with Mijente, a non-profit which leads campaigns to educate and organize around issues concerning immigration, detentions and deportations. Jacinta…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Financial assistance to the world’s 83 weakest economies fell by 15 per cent in 2020, to $35 billion as a direct result of the Covid-19 pandemic, UN trade and development…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the US federal government assumed that banks were the best way to distribute billions of dollars of relief to small businesses. But this unplanned national…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In late May, the Small Business Administration stopped processing relief applications from women, veterans, and people of color. Then the agency started rescinding their approvals. When Kazu Fukumoto, the owner of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The home appraisal industry is among the nation’s least diverse industries, and its racial and ethnic homogeneity has been linked to reports of undervaluation and appraisal bias in Black and Hispanic neighborhoods.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. RAND economist Evan Peet had spent his career working to improve infant and child health in developing nations around the world. He was stunned when he saw the numbers coming out of…