Pete ManzoDigital Deserts in the Golden StateInternet access today is like electricity or running water. It’s very hard to live without it.May 20, 2022May 20, 2022
Pete ManzoBuilding Economic Inclusion: Putting the Real Cost Measure into ActionHow can we help struggling families move up?May 20, 2022May 20, 2022
Pete ManzoProtecting Our DemocracyNonprofits, like United Way and other CBOs, must push for greater inclusion and participationJan 8, 2021Jan 8, 2021
Pete ManzoStruggling to Stay Afloat: Challenges for California’s Working FamiliesOur 2019 study of the financial hardship for working families just been released. The topline finding is that over 1 in 3 (37%) households…Jun 28, 2019Jun 28, 2019
Pete ManzoCalifornia For All means lifting working, tax return filing immigrants, and their children, out of…Governor Gavin Newsom has a chance to supercharge upward mobility for all working families in California, by ensuring that low-income…Jun 7, 2019Jun 7, 2019
Pete ManzoWhich Way Now for Health Reform?Now that Speaker Paul Ryan has introduced the Republican proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (a pair of bills referred…Mar 22, 2017Mar 22, 2017
Pete ManzoThree Undeniable Realities of Health ReformFor the second time in 8 years, America’s elected leaders are grappling with the thorny problem of how to improve health coverage and care…Mar 22, 2017Mar 22, 2017
Pete ManzoBleeding the Patient — Projected Impact of the AHCAUnited Way’s ask of President Trump, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) and his Congressional colleagues is that any changes to our healthcare…Mar 22, 2017Mar 22, 2017
Pete ManzoDiverging Fortunes: Philanthropy, the 1% and the Shrinking Middle ClassIn the next few weeks, The Chronicle of Philanthropy will put out “The Philanthropy 400,” their annual ranking of the largest charities in…Oct 12, 20161Oct 12, 20161
Pete ManzoCharting New Pathways Out of Poverty (SSIR)“Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.”―James BaldwinMay 20, 2016May 20, 2016