By Natascha Elbech The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) reports that Americans generally have a skewed perception of their financial security. Nearly 10 million households (7.7%) do not have a bank account, and another 25 million (20%) are “underbanked”, meaning they hold a primary bank account but manage finances outside Read more…
By Eleanor Patten Nearly a quarter of the poverty within the United States is located in inner cities. The Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) is a Boston based research organization making strides to address poverty in the inner city through economic development. The ICIC was founded by Harvard Read more…
By Samuel Leadley It is widely known that the cost of attending college in the United States has dramatically increased in the past few decades. Presently, the average cost of attending college ranges from $25,890 for a public four-year college to $52,500 for a private non-profit four-year college. This represents Read more…
By Mason Fitzpatrick Recent reports from climate panels and experts have painted a harrowing picture of the future of our climate. A recent IPCC report stated that, “limiting global warming to 1.5°C would require rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society.” Humans are inevitably slow to make Read more…
By Rebekah Davis At home, interactions with strangers are usually short and uninspiring. “How’s your day” “Good thanks, you?” However, here in Zanzibar, locals seek out English-speaking tourists and make small talk simply to improve their English skills. “I used to not be able to respond when someone asked how Read more…
By Charlotte Fall In India, 20% of the population, or 240 million people, live without access to electricity and nearly 220 million of those citizens live in rural areas. Mlinda is a powerful social enterprise working to reduce this number by supplying rural communities with alternative solar energy sources, in Read more…