This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new short report from Advance CTE and the Education Strategy Group provides some valuable insights into how state policymakers are thinking about preparing high school students for work. But…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Campaigns since early 2015 have secured pledges from over 200 US companies to eliminate battery cages from their supply chains, including from all of the top 25 US grocers and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The federal government’s involvement in student lending not only increases bureaucratic red tape, but also introduces harmful incentives into the marketplace. These practices, ostensibly intended to make college education more…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The president’s budget includes a proposal to provide working parents six weeks of paid leave after childbirth or adoption. Some Democratic members of Congress have denounced this plan as “woefully…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As worldwide conditions become more complex and in constant change, the resettlement of international refugees continues to be of great intricacy and complications. Read more about refugee philanthropy on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Every minute of the day, conflict and persecution forces 20 people from their homes. By the end of today, nearly 30,000 people will find themselves displaced. 2016 saw more people…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In May 2016, Senator Mike Lee (R–UT) and Representative Jim Jordan (R–OH) introduced the Welfare Reform and Upward Mobility Act.[1] This legislation takes a number of significant steps towards reforming the…
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. 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. According to the most recent Front Line Defenders Annual Report on Human Rights Defenders at Risk, around the world 281 activists were targeted and killed in 2016. At least 136…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Partisan gerrymandering can be unconstitutional—at least in theory. In the 1986 case of Davis v. Bandemer, the Supreme Court did not find reason to declare an unconstitutional gerrymander, but its…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At every post-election panel on a human rights issue I’ve attended, the same question arises: How do you expect the Trump presidency will impact your organization’s human rights advocacy? For…