Next50 Blog
Influencers and changemakers from all sectors of society sharing provocative, inspiring ideas for the future.
How Unions Improve Job Quality and How to Rebuild Collective Bargaining
Changing relationships between employees and employers are creating new challenges to collective bargaining and to workers having a voice in workplace decisions. But experts from the Economic Policy Institute contend that unions still serve an important role in ensuring job quality.
Helping Anyone Who Can Do the Job to Get the Job: A Conversation with Byron Auguste
Although college should be a bridge to opportunity, college degree requirements for employment are a drawbridge that prohibits millions of Americans from securing good jobs, says Byron Auguste, CEO and cofounder of Opportunity@Work, a nonprofit that encourages employers to consider alternatives to bachelor’s degrees when assessing job applicants’ qualifications.
Helping Anyone Who Can Do the Job to Get the Job: A Conversation with Byron Auguste
Although college should be a bridge to opportunity, college degree requirements for employment are a drawbridge that prohibits millions of Americans from securing good jobs, says Byron Auguste, CEO and cofounder of Opportunity@Work, a nonprofit that encourages employers to consider alternatives to bachelor’s degrees when assessing job applicants’ qualifications.
Artificial Intelligence and Its Impact on the Future of Employment Equity
At their best, AI-powered hiring models can help employers mitigate the subjectivity that may arise with human decisionmaking. But algorithms can also replicate and deepen existing inequities.
Artificial Intelligence and Its Impact on the Future of Employment Equity
At their best, AI-powered hiring models can help employers mitigate the subjectivity that may arise with human decisionmaking. But algorithms can also replicate and deepen existing inequities.
How Catalyst Miami Is Working to Make a $400 Million Municipal Bond a Model for Equitable Climate Adaptation
The City of Miami has said equity is at the heart of its $400 million “Miami Forever Bond” to protect against rising sea levels and to increase the availability of affordable housing. Catalyst Miami is making sure that promise isn’t just a promise on paper.
Five Ways the Drivers of Social Change are Evolving
“We need more people to own their own power to drive change,” said Urban Institute president Sarah Rosen Wartell at the Next50 Changemaker Forum last week.
“Investing in care workers is like investing in infrastructure”: An Interview with Ai-jen Poo
With more than 10,000 baby boomers aging into retirement every day, and more Americans choosing to age at home, the moment is right to transform care jobs into meaningful pathways to economic opportunity for America’s millions of domestic workers, says Ai-jen Poo, cofounder and director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance.
“Investing in care workers is like investing in infrastructure”: An Interview with Ai-jen Poo
With more than 10,000 baby boomers aging into retirement every day, and more Americans choosing to age at home, the moment is right to transform care jobs into meaningful pathways to economic opportunity for America’s millions of domestic workers, says Ai-jen Poo, cofounder and director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance.
Using Housing to Fight Discrimination against People with Disabilities
Housing that is affordable, accessible, and integrated into the fuller community is not only necessary for people with disabilities to live independently but is also imperative for combating discrimination.