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Dec 19, 2022

Networks of Abundance

Dana K Bezerra announces her departure as Heron President and reflects on Heron's work still to come.

Nov 15, 2016

Field Notes: Inequality in the Age of Financialization

With the gap between rich and poor growing, a new paper offers four potential avenues investors might consider to bridge the economic divide.

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Nov 1, 2016

Primer: Advice for the Next President on Poverty and the Economy

How should the next president address poverty and the economy? Experts weigh in.

Oct 6, 2016

Field Notes: Filling the Youth Employment Gap

Bridgespan researchers share new hiring practices aimed at improving future job opportunities and income for "disconnected" youths.

Sep 26, 2016

Election Primer: The Candidates’ Kitchen-Table Economics

As the presidential candidates gear up for the final leg of the election race, a look at what they've included in their plans for poverty and economic opportunity.

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Aug 18, 2016

Field Notes: Surveying the Field

The GIIN has released the results of their sixth annual survey on impact investing, providing a look into trends among investors for 2015.

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Jul 26, 2016

Field Notes: The Myth of Affordable Tuitions

A Demos report finds college is unaffordable in all 50 states, and the affordability gap is significantly larger for minorities.

Jul 19, 2016

Field Notes: Sustainability in SEC Disclosures

Heron joins the discussion on SEC disclosures and the inclusion of sustainability factors that could help investors find companies with the best impacts on society.

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Jul 12, 2016

Field Notes: Making ‘Bad Jobs Better’

The first of Steve Dawson’s “Pinkerton Papers” on job quality, recruitment and retention says jobs that provide stability are a first step toward social mobility.

Jun 16, 2016

Field Notes: Reducing Inequality and Raising Wages by 2032

The Economic Policy Institute finds that people of color will be a majority of the American working class in 2032 and stresses the need to reduce inequality by then.

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