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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.

Soundbites: The Diverse Strategies of Engagement

In this podcast, Francis Byrd of Byrd Governance Advisory discusses his experience with the shareholder activism, the major players involved and what it has to do with improving prospects for employees.

Photo of the Month: May 2016

This month's photo looks at dissatisfied Verizon and Macy's union employees fighting for better employment terms.

Field Notes: This Year in Impact Investing

This GIIN report, using data collected in the impact sector, finds that most investments perform as or better than expected.

Soundbites: Enabling Artist Social Entrepreneurs

Toni Johnson talks with Laura Callanan, founding partner of Upstart Co-Lab, on the topic of social entrepreneurship and its unexpected heroes.

Soundbites: ‘The Capital We Get to Work for Good’

Cambridge Associates’ Tom Mitchell discusses Sandra Urie’s transition from CEO and movement into impact investing as well as lessons learned from his years of work.

Soundbites: Gender as a Screen for Public Equities

Toni Johnson joins Nia Global Solutions’ Kristin Hull to discuss their use of gender lens investing and trends in the impact investing space.

Soundbites: Fossil-Fuel Dependence and Poverty Tensions

The Center on Sustainable Investment’s Nicolas Maennling joins Toni Johnson in discussing improving investment transparency in fossil-fuel dependent economies and how divestment affects poverty.

Soundbites: The Trouble in Post-Coal Communities

In this podcast, the Northern Plains Resource Council's Teresa Erikson discusses the declining coal industry's impact on communities once dependent on their success.

Photo of the Month: April 2016

This month’s photo shows the last remnant of the mining industry in one Colorado community bringing the economic effects of its downfall on the neighboring population to light.