Philanthropic Advisors List Five Biggest Issues in America Today
How to make modest, but effective, change in criminal justice reform, broadband access, unequal health-care outcomes, and more.
Demonstrators on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the "Get Your Knee Off Our Necks" march in Washington on Aug. 28, 2020.
Photographer: Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/Bloomberg
The past two years have been a stress test for America’s social and governmental systems, as well as the protections many take for granted.
So far the results haven’t been good: Whether it’s the pandemic crushing our health-care institutions, the assault on the sanctity of the election process, protests against police brutality after the death of George Floyd, or a deadly power outage that spread across Texas, the crises of 2020-21 have revealed weaknesses that will need to be addressed if the country is to protect all citizens equally.