This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In a report on foundations’ equity efforts related to the 2020 crises released in December by the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP), the organization I lead, we found that of 218 foundations…
As cities procure technologies that gather and analyze data in the hopes of being more efficient and safer, many argue they also enable new and more insidious forms of surveillance.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For many renter households, February could spell disaster. Although a second round of pandemic-related stimulus is on its way, the 11.4 million renter households who owe back rent could still face eviction…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As 2021 begins, more companies are seeing their strategies for addressing deforestation deep down into their supply chains scrutinized. “We need companies to make commitments that are specific to how…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Use of telehealth jumped sharply during the first months of the coronavirus pandemic shutdown, with the approach being used more often for behavioral health services than for medical care, according…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “Virtual” learning may be on the upswing—corporate VR learning, that is. Teachers are paying out of pocket for edtech tools while using more of them. And educators want to know…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Grantmaking from donor-advised funds (DAFs) is up — and it’s up enormously. At National Philanthropic Trust, our grant dollars doubled in 2020. Other DAF sponsors reported a similar pattern. What is it…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Capital punishment is the culmination of violence at both ends of society: the violence of the individual criminal, who is caught in a cycle of violence and whose life ends…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Crisis, conflict, social media, and ego are devastating communities across the country, and last week, we saw them lead to an unprecedented attack on our nation’s Capitol. This public display…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Imagine grabbing a math badge on Khan Academy and automatically jumping to the next lesson in school. Imagine having a tutor that knows how you learn best and where you…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As I begin to think about the year of content and coverage ahead, I thought I’d start things off by sharing some big questions I’ll be asking in 2021 —…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The big stories of 2020 were not just about a pandemic, a reckoning on racial justice, an economic calamity and the ever-imminent rise of climate change impacts. If a crisis…