Sep 24 2021
Perspective
The newly enacted American Rescue Plan Act extended to Puerto Rico substantial amounts[1] of funding, to aid both the territory’s short-term recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic and its long-term recovery …
Aug 16 2021
Statements
Like many who have worked in U.S. foreign policy over the last 20 years, I have spent a great deal of time in Afghanistan and Haiti. On trip after trip, I …
Jul 21 2021
Through an eight-week program, entrepreneurs become business leaders who approve loans to one another based on peer trust, and hold each other accountable.
Jul 16 2021
Perspective
Last summer, following George Floyd’s murder and Black Lives Matter protests nationwide American corporations committed $50 billion toward advancing racial equity. And yet, as Fortune reported last month, a year later only $250 million has in fact …
Jul 15 2021
Statements
The first federal Child Tax Credit (CTC) payments under the newly expanded policy will begin to reach millions of U.S. households today, marking a significant moment for low-income families who …
Jun 23 2021
Perspective
Albert Einstein once famously said if he were given an hour to solve a problem, he’d spend 55 minutes understanding it, and then take just five minutes developing solutions. That formula …
Jun 17 2021
Video
Former Senior Vice President of the Economic Equity Initiative Otis Rolley shares his take on what equity means to him.
Jun 16 2021
With the passing of the American Rescue Plan in March, more than 5 million children are projected to be lifted out of poverty this year, cutting child poverty by more …
Jun 11 2021
It took 25 years. But Misouri's Working Families Tax Credit helps children and builds equity.
May 26 2021
Press Releases
WASHINGTON (May 26, 2021) – The Black Women's Health Imperative (BWHI) announced that it has received a $400,000 grant from The Rockefeller Foundation to improve vaccination rates among Black women …