This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s time to scale up what works in order to close the staggering racial wealth gap and increase financial security for all Americans. Read more about economic development on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Despite similar crime rates, the US incarceration rate is more than five times that of comparable countries. Out of every 100,000 Americans, 693 are in prison—a number that has multiplied in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Democracy and the Internet may not be as compatible as many had hoped. The “fake news” allegations of 2016 re-focused attention on longer-standing concerns about echo chambers, filter bubbles, declining…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. America finds itself in a moment of political polarization. At times, nonprofits can reflect or even magnify that polarization. This is a recurring theme even within the non-profit sector and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Sitting on top of a waste incineration facility near Zurich, a new carbon capture plant is now sucking CO2 out of the air to sell to its first customer.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Two of the biggest names in technology and education philanthropy are jointly funding a $12 million initiative to support new ways of tailoring classroom instruction to individual students. The grant…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Sesame’s mission of helping kids grow smarter, stronger, and kinder is now competing in a very different media landscape than the one into which it was born. Read more about…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The story we tell ourselves about the refugee crisis is very different from the reality. A new visualization shows the flow of refugees around the world from 2000 to 2015,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At the height of the Great Recession, when the unemployment rate reached 10 percent, at least 40 states used federal funds under a special emergency program to put more than…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the last 24 hours, Jeff Bezos has made news for two big things. And they’re related. Learn more about impact philanthropy at Giving Compass Yesterday, the Amazon founder, not…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Philanthropy often encourages grantees to take risks, to be innovative, to find new solutions to old problems. Indeed, many refer to philanthropy as “risk capital,” providing funding that can help…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The new water-resistant Ultra II’s have a little less oil, because some of it’s been replaced by the massive clouds of algae that have been poisoning a Chinese lake. After…