Looking Forward to 2021
We at Willow wish you and your families a safe, peaceful, and restorative holiday season.
Existential Threat: Public Colleges and Universities
COVID has forced public higher ed to a breaking point, but the problems are longstanding and systemic. How can we solve them?
Competing Narratives: SCOTUS v. the Court of Public Opinion
The narrative around the Supreme Court has shifted over the last few years. What can we learn from current and historical public opinion data?
COVID: The Fragile Beauty of Our Small Businesses
Bookstores exemplify the promise and the peril facing small, local businesses during the COVID pandemic.
Trending Narrative: Hibernesting™
We examine a surging trend in home improvement and predict that hibernesting will continue into the Fall.
NFPs, COVID and Beyond: Lessons in Creative Management
Far from hunkering down in the face of multiple crises, many non-profits are responding by thinking bigger.
COVID: Parents and Teachers on Edge as School Starts
We are in the midst of rising infection rates in a majority of states. Is it safe for children to go back to school? Parents and teachers say “no.”
COVID: Gen Z Takes a Hit and Rises Up
Gen Z: passionate activists or careless partiers? A data-based look at this complicated generation.
More than Half the Sky: The Status of Women and Work
Sara Parikh examines the data on women in the workforce (and beyond). What has been achieved in the last 40 years, and where is there still progress to be made?
COVID: Three Steps Back for Women
The COVID pandemic is hitting women harder than men. Longstanding inequities are now not only much more visible, but also intensifying.
