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One Trillion Trees
Tree equity: This US project aims to boost wellbeing and create jobs in 5 cities
By employing local people as tree planters, TAZO Tree Corps hopes to address inequity and create work in low-income neighbourhoods and communities of colour.
Climate Change
What can the military teach us about keeping the lights on?
Increasingly severe weather is causing power outages around the world. We need to reappraise our preparation and response - and the military can show the way.
United States
U.S. Treasury Secretary calls for a global corporate minimum tax
Janet Yellen also pledged that restoring U.S. multilateral leadership would strengthen the global economy, while helping to advance America's interests.
United States
Here’s how human efforts to reduce Mississippi floods have helped climate change
Human efforts to tame the Mississippi River may have had an unintended positive effect, according to a new study: more rapid transport of carbon to the ocean.
United States
What’s in Biden’s $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan?
From modernizing highways, to funding the care economy, President Biden plans to create jobs and boost America's economy with his infrastructure plan.
United States
46.8 million Americans identify as Black. Here's how the demographic is developing
Pew Research Center has analyzed demographic characteristics of America's Black population in 2019 compared to the year 2000. It's growing more diverse.
Systemic Racism
A Chicago suburb's plan to pay Black residents reparations could be a national model
Evanston has committed $10M to support Black families who suffered lasting damage from decades of discriminatory practices and could become national model.
COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted many challenges for mothers, but they're nothing new
The pandemic has highlighted the many challenges faced by working mothers in the United States, but many of the issues are pre-date COVID-19.
COVID-19
Mental health: How Americans are coping a year into the COVID-19 pandemic
Surveying the well-being of American adults found 21% are experiencing high levels of psychological distress, due to COVID-19 health and financial risks.
United States
COVID-19: This is how long Americans think it will take for life to return to normal
Only 9% of Americans are confident that life will return to how it was before the pandemic in under 6 months, according to a study by Pew Research Center.
Public Finance and Social Protection
A Californian city gave people $500 a month - no strings attached. Here's what happened
Universal basic income is a polarizing issue, yet this US experiment is delivering some surprising and positive results.
Climate Change
The US wants to be carbon neutral by 2050. These 3 policies can make it possible
The US has pledged to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. The IMF suggests 3 policies that could help the US help meet their green targets.
COVID-19
Excess US savings 'unlikely' to generate destabilising surge in demand
These savings can be seen as less excessive when the unprecedented government household interventions which occurred over the last year are considered.
One Trillion Trees
Want to plant billions of trees? Invest in nurseries first
Governments, companies and other organizations are looking towards reforestation as a means to slow climate change - but where will the billions of seedlings needed come from?
Environment and Natural Resource Security
The US needs partners to tackle the security risks of climate change
The Biden administration's presidency of the UN Security Council this month is an historic opportunity to raise the profile of climate security concerns.