Community land trusts: An ‘old-school’ innovation with ‘new school’ structural applications brookings.edu/articles/commu… Manann Donoghoe and I weigh in. #communityuplift The Brookings Institution

One week after Hurricane Beryl’s landfall, roughly 300,000 Houstonians are still without power, yet it’s the heatwave engulfing most of the U.S. that’s likely to cause more deaths in Houston, Manann Donoghoe & Andre M. Perry write. brookings.edu/articles/why-i…

Ballooning public costs, damage to private property, and threats to life and health: Disaster policy should be the bedrock of bi-partisan climate action. But even after Beryl, the earliest hurricane on record, it's not being talked about. Read Andre M. Perry and my take below.

Why is addressing climate change still a partisan issue? Manann Donoghoe & Andre M. Perry say, put simply, the U.S. lacks a sustainable policy platform to build the climate resilient communities that the nation needs. brookings.edu/articles/why-i…

Houston, Texas residents are facing a severe heat wave that is amplifying Hurricane Beryl’s damages. These kinds of extreme weather events should inspire bipartisan climate action, Manann Donoghoe and Andre M. Perry argue. brookings.edu/articles/why-i…

Simplifying the cumbersome process of disaster declaration and returning FEMA to the cabinet level status that it received post-Katrina are two ways Manann Donoghoe & Andre M. Perry say can spur bi-partisan action on climate change. brookings.edu/articles/why-i…

People bearing the brunt of climate-related housing challenges are the best positioned to fix them. Community-driven approaches like SMASH are "reframing housing as a vehicle for social equity": ✍️Manann Donoghoe & Andre M. Perry for The Brookings Institution: bit.ly/3WZe1Se

How can the US launch more scalable and equitable #climate investments? Check our new The Brookings Institution report on the key barriers public AND private leaders need to overcome brookings.edu/articles/mobil… Adie Tomer Jenny Schuetz Sanjay Patnaik @xavbriggs Manann Donoghoe Brookings Metro

Legal attacks on DEI lending and race-conscious policy have escalated. Hannah Stephens and Andre M. Perry highlight strategies to support Black businesses in this current environment. brookings.edu/articles/how-t…

There are several barriers U.S. financial markets face that impede the adoption, and effectiveness, of more equitable approaches to climate finance, including difficulties in operationalizing climate equity as a measurable target, Manann Donoghoe writes. brookings.edu/articles/%20id…

In a new analysis, Maya Garg, Glencora Haskins, Mayu Takeuchi & Manann Donoghoe find that large local governments are deploying their American Rescue Plan recovery funds to strengthen their built environment and redress past environmental injustices. brookings.edu/articles/deplo…

Helpful update on American Rescue Plan funds; here's story on deployment of these resources for climate-resilient and equitable infrastructure projects by states and localities... care of: Maya Garg, Glencora Haskins Mayu Takeuchi, Manann Donoghoe Brookings Metro

A new report by Manann Donoghoe identifies and measures significant gaps in climate vulnerability by race and ethnicity, using the U.S. Climate Vulnerability Index and demographic data from the American Community Survey. brook.gs/4fo7J5h

Climate risks are highly correlated with race and ethnicity, and policymakers need empirical tools to understand and address these relationships, argues Manann Donoghoe. Better understanding these relationships could improve climate equity. brook.gs/4fo7J5h

“Climate risks are highly correlated with race and ethnicity, and policymakers need empirical tools to understand and address these relationships,” writes Manann Donoghoe. brookings.edu/articles/the-c…

Middle-class distribution in swing states brookings.edu/interactive/fi…

“Equity isn’t a dirty word to be avoided. Quite the contrary, it’s a quintessential American concept. Equity is behind the assumed level playing field that is central to the American dream,” write Andre M. Perry, Manann Donoghoe and co-authors. brookings.edu/articles/in-vi…

New The Brookings Institution research!: From 2017 to 2022, the number of employer businesses owned by Black Americans increased by 56.9%. brookings.edu/articles/drivi…

Despite recent growth in Black-owned businesses, the share of employer businesses Black people own is 3.3%—substantially lower than Black Americans’ 14.4% share of the population, Andre M. Perry, Hannah Stephens & Manann Donoghoe write. brookings.edu/?p=1807280&pos…

The increasing impacts of climate change and extreme weather events such as hurricanes, floods, and wildfires are costing American businesses billions of dollars, Manann Donoghoe & Andre M. Perry write. brookings.edu/articles/why-b…