Social Issues

BakerRipley Neighborhood Center

How a Houston, Texas neighborhood center is using diversity to strengthen a neighborhood

Anna Brinley and Ann Hilbig

Friday, October 4, 2019

A woman walks on a path in the Berry Farm housing project in Ward 8 of Washington November 20, 2012. Picture taken November 20, 2012. To match Special Report EQUALITY/WASHINGTON REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT POVERTY) - GM1E8CI1MCM01

Making Black history matter in public space

Hanna Love and Jennifer S. Vey

Wednesday, October 2, 2019

University City

How University City District, Philadelphia is defining and measuring ‘justice’ in public space

September 12, 2019

Safe Passage worker Irene Fonder helps two Sherwood Elementary School children cross an intersection in the Englewood neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois, United States, September 8, 2015. The fourth-largest U.S. public school system is not cutting corners when it comes to the $17.8 million annual budget for safety patrols that watch over children walking to school through neighborhoods plagued by gang violence. The school district has expanded the two-year-old Safe Passage program to seven additional schools this year, bringing it to a total of 140 of Chicago's 660 public schools. REUTERS/Jim Young - GF10000197899

To build safe streets, we need to address racism in urban design

Hanna Love and Jennifer S. Vey

Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Filipino students dance to take part in the One Billion Rising global campaign to end violence against women and children, during the Valentine's Day celebration at St Scholastica's College in Manila, Philippines, February 14, 2019. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1BB6610190

A call for a transformative agenda for women for 2020 and beyond

Madeleine Albright, Mary Robinson, and Peggy Clark

Thursday, July 25, 2019

Kids playing in Atlanta, Ga.

The future of the city doesn’t have to be childless

Hanna Love and Jennifer S. Vey

Wednesday, July 24, 2019

U.S. Reps Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) hold a news conference after Democrats in the U.S. Congress moved to formally condemn President Donald Trump's attacks on the four minority congresswomen on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 15, 2019. REUTERS/Erin Scott - RC11EF17C500

Racism is not a distraction; It’s policy

Friday, July 19, 2019

Nurse practitioner Gail Brown (L) an unidentified patient and other nurses look at a print out of an ultrasound from a prenatal exam at the Maternity Outreach Mobile in Phoenix, Arizona October 8, 2009. The maternity outreach program helps uninsured women living in the Phoenix metropolitan area receive the proper treatment and care during and after their pregnancy. The Maternity Outreach Mobile is equipped with two exam rooms, an ultrasound machine, an external fetal monitor, a laboratory and offers pregnancy tests, referrals and immunization for children. REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY) - WASE5A91J3I01

What can we do to reduce unplanned pregnancies?

Isabel V. Sawhill, Jack Markell, and Mark Edwards

Friday, July 19, 2019

STEM students

STEM talent exists in the South, but investment is appallingly lacking

Andre M. Perry and Rodney Sampson

Tuesday, July 16, 2019

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) speaks during a Fourth of July House Party in Indianola, Iowa, U.S., July 4, 2019. REUTERS/Scott Morgan - RC1F4150F4F0

Democratic candidates begin to address the woes of historical discrimination

Thursday, July 11, 2019