US Economy

 Bruce Schlein, Director of Impact Investing and Resource Efficiency Finance at Citi was joined by Antwanye Ford, President and CEO, Enlightened, Inc, to discuss how business leaders and fund managers can leverage their real and social capital to effect change on complex society-wide issues where public policy responses are not sufficient.

Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto, Assistant Dean for Civic Engagement and Lecturer at the University of Texas at Austin, was joined by Alejandra Castillo, CEO of the YWCA.

Latinos are the future of America and inextricably tied to the economic recovery from the pandemic.

Former US Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers says the recovery includes three stages: collapse, bounce-back, and slog. We’ve experienced collapse and bounce-back already. “Now we’re now headed for a slog,” he says.

Mark Wilson of Chime Solutions was joined by Beverly Norman-Cooper, Chief Strategist at Reimagining Supply Chain Diversity. Both leaders are partnering to bring supplier diversity and the Chime model to Baltimore City, MD.

The COVID-19 pandemic and associated economic crisis have presented the nation with a once-in-a-generation challenge, exposing broad economi

The COVID-19 pandemic and associated economic crisis have presented the nation with a once-in-a-ge

Knowing what is true about rural places and people is a challenge. Too often, people lump all of rural America into one “flyover-country” stereotype. But saying that all of rural America is the same is like saying Detroit and San Francisco are the same, or Birmingham and Boston. This brief shares a few truths worth knowing about rural America.

On April 7, 2020 Chief Economist and Co-Founder of Cornerstone Macro Nancy Lazar shared her insights into the recent market plunge and ensuing volatility, the impact of the unprecedented stimulus, and the longer-term economic outlook.