Communities around the world are increasingly suffering the consequences of accelerating changes in the global climate, such as more frequent and severe storms, extreme heat, rapid swings in ...

The growing impacts of climate change—from near-term events such as hurricanes, floods, and wildfires, to longer-term risks, including higher temperatures, droughts, and sea-level rise—have wreaked ...

Research shows that homebuyers often struggle to obtain small mortgages—those for less than $150,000—even in metropolitan areas where low-cost homes are plentiful. To better understand the financing ...

Every state offers companies tax incentives, a mechanism by which states agree to forgo tax revenue in the hope that the companies’ activities will catalyze new economic activity. These incentives ...

The strength of rainy day funds in half of the states and nationwide increased during fiscal year 2024—according to states’ own estimates collected by the National Association of State Budget Officers ...

The Federal Reserve intended for today’s interest rate cut of 0.5 percentage points to stimulate the broader economy, but this shift in monetary policy also represents a subtle but important change in ...

Commercial tuna fisheries are among the most valuable fisheries on Earth, and with sales valued at more than US$40 billion a year, they play a vital role in coastal economies. 1 Transshipment – the ...

From 2000 to 2020, the overall rate of suicide increased 30% and climbed to more than 49,000 deaths in 2022—the highest number ever recorded in the United States. Suicidal ideation (a range of ...

From corner grocers and restaurateurs to construction contractors and biotech founders, immigrants make up around a third of all Philadelphia entrepreneurs and growing. 1 That’s double immigrants’ ...

In 2021, Congress enacted the Digital Equity Act (DEA) as part of the massive Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). The DEA defines digital equity as “the condition in which individuals and ...

About half of people who die by suicide in the United States each year had a health care visit in the month preceding their deaths, which means there are opportunities for hospitals and health systems ...

Immigrants play an outsize role in Philadelphia’s economy. They fill jobs, create businesses, own homes, and fuel entire industries at rates beyond their growing share of the city’s population (15.7% ...