A brief by Andre M. Perry, Marshall Steinbaum, and Carl Romer explains why past discrimination should compel experts to seek solutions to the student debt crisis that center the experience of Black people.
As we await the final 2020 census statistics for America’s race and ethnic populations, newly released Census Bureau estimates compiled independently suggest something unprecedented: The 2010s could be the first decade when the nation’s white population registered an absolute loss. William H. Frey dives into the new data and argues that diversity is poised to play an important role in contributing to America’s long-term demographic and economic well-being.
A lack of coordinated action is perhaps the biggest barrier to drive more climate-resilient infrastructure improvements nationally. To build capacity and deliver resilient infrastructure at a national scale, Joseph Kane, Adie Tomer, and Caroline George explore the climate investment opportunities across our built environment and lay out several principles that federal leaders should consider when rethinking climate finance.
Remote work won’t save the heartland. With more firms and workers prioritizing at least some in-office work each week, the share of U.S. management and professional workers teleworking or working from home slid from 57% in May 2020 to just 30% in May 2021. Regional leaders will need to make the long-term investments that have consistently been the drivers of local economic growth and high standards of living, Mark Muro, Yang You, Robert Maxim, and Max Niles say.
The Black and brown activists who started Pride. One piece of history that frequently gets lost is the fact that many of the defining moments of progress toward equality were only made possible by Black and brown LGBTQ+ activists fighting for their liberation, Kristen Broady and Carl Romer discuss.
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