This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The US$1.2 trillion infrastructure bill now moving through Congress will bring money to cities for much-needed investments in roads, bridges, public transit networks, water infrastructure, electric power grids, broadband networks…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A couple of years ago, I stepped down from my position as executive director of RVC, a capacity building and leadership organization serving communities of color in Seattle. I helped found…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Back in January, Biden signed an executive order that tasked a working group with determining a social cost of carbon (SCC) — a measure, in dollars, of how much economic damage results…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When most people hear the term “gender pay gap,” they automatically think of the difference in pay between women and men doing the same or similar jobs, whether in low…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Hanna Hoover, at SSRN, provides an in-depth analysis of how reinstating civil rights among formerly incarcerated individuals reduces the likelihood of recidivism. • How can we…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In this webinar, Professor Alex Nicholls, Academic Director for the Oxford Impact Finance Innovations Programme, will explore how technology may help us better understand the nature and scope of the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In a remote and hybrid working world, employees must adapt to new modes of virtual and in-person collaboration, while employers must adapt to new modes of managing their workforce. That…
What will a just transition look like in practice? And how can you organization help make it happen? The Just Transition Alliance, I think, does a fantastic job of really…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This week, I read the Road Block Analysis Report by the Open Road Alliance that shows that the biggest barrier nonprofits face is…our very own funders. In fact, according to the executive summary: Funder-Created…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The problem is not that schools aren’t collecting enough information about student performance. It’s that teachers have too much data. It’s overwhelming for them. They don’t know what data points to focus…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For decades, price, quality, and convenience have been the principal drivers of consumer purchasing decisions. Today, those drivers are competing with another important motivator: health. But while some companies like…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the last year, our public interest technology team at New America interviewed people working in and around governments across the country. The same resonant themes emerged again and again.…