This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. One of the main characters on HBO’s hit series, Game of Thrones, is paralyzed. Another has lost his right hand. We’ve met an important character with a severe skin…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Ever have a gut feeling you need to talk to your friends? That’s how we felt after November’s election—that we needed to connect with our partners to hear how you’re…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Republican Senator Mike Lee of Utah is worried. He is worried about the country’s economic trajectory, given rising inequality, the shrinking of the middle class, and the persistence of intergenerational…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s the biggest environmental lawsuit in history. The people of Lago Agrio, an oil-rich area in the Ecuadorean Amazon, are suing Chevron for $6 billion after decades of spills. The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Last week on CNN I debated a liberal commentator who complained that the problem with President Donald Trump’s budget blueprint is that it lacks “compassion” for the poor, for children…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The New American Leaders Project interviews NALP’s Sayu Bhojwani. An immigrant to the US, and New York City’s first Commissioner for Immigrant Affairs, Sayu answers 5 key questions about…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), signed into law by President Barack Obama in December 2015, offers state and district leaders several new opportunities to promote student success. Education leaders…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Faced with so many students collectively on the hook for millions of dollars in loans from defunct institutions accused of fraud, the Obama administration took up the task of clarifying…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Does philanthropy by a wealthy elite subvert democracy and electoral politics? And could that actually be a good thing? Difficult questions about the role of philanthropy in a democracy have…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. America’s healthcare sector spent $509 million in 2016 lobbying the federal government on behalf of hospitals, drug makers, doctors and health insurers. It spent another $266 million in 2015-16 on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. According to an annual industry report by Sightlines, deferred maintenance at U.S. colleges and universities exceeded $1 trillion in 2015, or $100 per facility square foot. This represents a 20 percent…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Foundations have often relied on government as an ally to scale up and sustain the programs they pilot. The Obama Administration’s Social Innovation Fund was built on precisely this model.…