This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Many board members associate performance assessments with judgment, bias, and the need to defend one’s actions. However, without appropriate monitoring and feedback, it is difficult to evaluate whether your board…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Despite being around for decades, many people still don’t know what CDFIs are or how to use them. I want to give an overview of CDFIs and provide some useful resources…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In December, with an oil lease sale looming and the Trump administration trying to push through a seismic study for oil exploration before leaving the White House, the pressure was on for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new year, a new Congress, and a new administration in the White House have raised hopes around a familiar issue: infrastructure. For decades, federal lawmakers across both parties have…
In this episode of the Big Brains podcast, Snyder explains how more federal funding can secure American innovation. “As other countries have ramped up spending and ramped up the percentage of their…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Last month, the Illinois Department of Agriculture opened applications for its second annual Fall Covers for Spring Savings Program — which provides a crop insurance discount for each acre of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Special Immigrant Juvenile status was created by Congress in 1990 to provide “humanitarian protection for abused, neglected, or abandoned child immigrants.” After arriving in the U.S., young people who want to apply must…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA) is a powerful environmental law protecting imperiled plants and animals, and a growing number of marine species have been protected under this law as…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The public-charge revisions made final by the Trump administration in February of 2020 stand as perhaps one of its most significant and controversial immigration policy changes. The rule makes…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A recent bill from the United Kingdom’s Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs bans the country’s supermarkets from purchasing foods linked to illegal deforestation and land procurement practices. Larger…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the last few years illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing has become more recognized as a national security concern. Fishing, a $401 billion global industry, provides 20% of the protein intake for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Mary Chris Barth knows how important it is to control the soil in the panhandle of Oklahoma. She’s the child of parents that grew up in the Dust Bowl. When…