Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

In my first newsletter this year, The Year of Advancing Community Wealth, I wrote the following, “…we need to codify the new governance features and innovative practices used by leading urban ...

Last month, during a rainy few days in Baltimore’s Fells Point neighborhood, the energy inside investment management firm Brown Advisory’s offices was electric. But the foggy weather outside recalled ...

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When Google announced it was acquiring Nest for a little over $3 billion in 2014, analysts thought the company wanted to enter the home appliances market. Wrong. It was all about the data. Google ...