Articles and analysis on today's issues

In this article, we explain nonprofits’ role in thriving communities, the amount of funding nonprofits receive from government sources, and the government funding challenges nonprofits were facing before the shutdown.
Rethinking Homeownership as “the American Dream” Homeownership has become increasingly inaccessible. What if the American dream instead looked like efforts to expand access to homeownership while enhancing opportunities for renters?Five Strategies for Building and Sustaining the Black Nursing Workforce Black nurses help improve health outcomes, but training programs and workplaces must provide better support to help them enter and stay in the profession.The Future of College Admissions without Affirmative Action Research shows no single race-neutral admissions policy would produce current levels of racial and ethnic diversity on its own.Exclusionary Zoning Limits Opportunity by Concentrating Subsidized Housing in a Small Part of the Puget Sound Region Subsidized housing is designed to guarantee stable rents for households with low and moderate incomes, but subsidized housing in the Puget Sound region is confined to just a few neighborhoods, in part because of exclusionary zoning.Effectively Communicating the Value of the Social Sector’s Support System Is Key to the Sector’s Success Continued funding for the social sector’s support system will be key to the sector’s success.The Payment Supplement Partial Claim Offers a Great Vision but Is Operationally Burdensome The draft of the Payment Supplement Partial Claim plan offers an ingenious solution to the shortcomings of the Federal Housing Administration’s loss mitigation toolkit, but its current form is operationally burdensome, and we believe there is a better path for implementation.