Evelyn Murphy 4/1/21 Evelyn Murphy 4/1/21

Time for Transparency: A Post-COVID America Where Employers Report Wage Data by Gender and Race

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As with all complex economic and social inequality in America, the path to achieve wage equity has engaged thousands of activists, scholars and public servants. Yet few employers, some only after settling racial and gender discrimination lawsuits, have publicly supported wage equity efforts. Evelyn Murphy discusses the need for transparency and accountability to achieve gender equity.

Matt Nathan and Susan Carney Lynch 4/1/21 Matt Nathan and Susan Carney Lynch 4/1/21

COVID-19 and Climate Change: A True Public Health Crisis

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A conversation with Dr. Renee N. Salas, Affiliated Faculty at the Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI) and a Yerby Fellow at the Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment (C-CHANGE) at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, about how climate action needs to be seen as a prescription for better health and achieving health equity.

Charles Douglas III and David Domke 4/1/21 Charles Douglas III and David Domke 4/1/21

Next Steps in Our Post-COVID Political World: A Blueprint for Blue-State Organizations

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In our post-COVID, post-Election 2020 world, political organizations headquartered in blue states owe it to fellow citizens to invest in red states and purple states. We must build genuine common power.

Gail Goodman 4/1/21 Gail Goodman 4/1/21

An Equitable Economic Recovery Post-COVID Needs Inclusive Small Business Entrepreneurship

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To truly ensure economic racial justice and a more equitable recovery post-COVID, we need to help existing and would-be BIPOC entrepreneurs. Gail Goodman discusses how inclusive entrepreneurship is a powerful tool for battling income inequality and workforce displacement.

Luis J. Perez 4/1/21 Luis J. Perez 4/1/21

COVID-19 as a Catalyst for Change in the Move Towards Net Zero Emissions

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A conversation with Dr. John M. Reilly, a Senior Lecturer at the Sloan School of Management, and Co-Director, emeritus of the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change. As an energy, environmental and agricultural economist, he has focused on understanding the contribution of human activities to global environmental change and the effects of environmental change on the economy and society, and solutions to the threats of global environmental change.

Peter J. Liang 4/1/21 Peter J. Liang 4/1/21

Young People Leading the Way to Find Light in the Darkness of the Global Pandemic

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While acknowledging the profound impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people, educators, non-profit leaders, mental health experts, young people, and education researchers share stories of hope, strength, and resilience from the work children are doing to lead the way to recovery in communities around the world.