This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Biden administration anticipates that 65,000 Afghan evacuees will have entered the United States by the end of September, with an additional 30,000 expected over the next 12 months. Many have suffered…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Debates over mass incarceration emphasize policing, bail, and sentencing reform, but give little attention to indigent defense. This omission seems surprising, given that interactions with government-provided counsel critically shape the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Earlier this summer, Mackenzie Scott made a massive $2.7 billion investment in support of 286 organizations working to spark change and empower individuals. My organization, the Center for Cultural Power, was one of them. We…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Metropolitan regions in the United States suffer from high levels of economic and racial segregation, partly as a result of racially discriminatory and exclusionary decisions made by local governments to prevent affordable housing construction…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nonprofit leaders and sector advocates have long called on funders to prioritize strengthening nonprofit organizations. Our research here at CEP has found that nonprofit leaders not only want help from…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Historian Nicholas Creary began researching lynchings in Maryland about five years ago with his undergraduate students at Bowie State University. They ultimately found at least 40 cases in which Black…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Corporate social responsibility or CSR plays a significant role in businesses nowadays. Employers looking to hire millennials must take it into account. This is because over three-quarters of millennials consider the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The pandemic has created extraordinary need for millions of people across the U.S. This is particularly acute, though often hidden, on college campuses, where students are sometimes left to choose…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The United Nations General Assembly is this week, and quite frankly, I’m not looking forward to it. It’ll be another circuit of high level meetings and catchy headlines telling the…
Giving Compass’ Take: • RAND Corporation reports that emerging technologies present a wealth of possibilities – and new challenges – for the criminal justice system. • How can policy be…
Giving Compass’ Take: • German Institute for International and Security Affairs identifies funding challenges and shortfalls in the global effort to protect refugees. • This paper is written from a perspective…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When the Supreme Court refused to block Texas’s radical anti-abortion law stand in the first week of September, reproductive justice leaders were not surprised. In a healthy, safe and equitable world, all pregnant people should have access to high-quality abortion…