Since 2020, the U.S. has experienced an average of 23 disasters a year that caused at least $1 billion of destruction each, ...

In their 2025 State of the State addresses, governors throughout the nation raised concerns about budgetary constraints, revenue shortfalls, and the difficult decisions they face in balancing their ...

Like most major American cities, Chicago and Washington, D.C., are struggling with a trio of real estate challenges: a housing shortage that has driven up rents, record rates of homelessness (in large ...

The Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program is a $42.5 billion federal effort to expand affordable, high-speed internet access throughout the United States by funding the planning and ...

Editor’s note: This article is the first in a series examining the changing nature of the nonprofit sector in Philadelphia. Nonprofit organizations play a critical role in Philadelphia and represent a ...

The U.S. Department of Education recently announced that it will resume involuntary collections this month on debt owed by student loan borrowers who are in default, beginning with tax refund and ...

New research from the Urban Institute, with support from The Pew Charitable Trusts, highlights barriers for people with disabilities who need screening and treatment services for SUD and suicidality, ...

When she was getting ready for her first day as a mental health therapist at an elementary school near Washington, D.C., Stacey Baxter—now a senior associate with The Pew Charitable Trusts’ suicide ...

Scientists forecast that the amount of plastic entering the ocean—approximately 11 million metric tons each year—could triple by 2040. To help find solutions, The Pew Charitable Trusts and Gerstner ...

Conserving natural spaces conveys benefits far beyond the obvious gains to wildlife and their habitats. As scores of studies show, protecting and restoring lands and waters, particularly when done in ...

A verdict May 2 from an international tribunal points a way forward for fisheries managers to protect entire ecosystems, an increasingly critical part of their responsibilities as pressures on the ...