This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Nathan Benson explains why universal health insurance is essential to the Sustainable Development Goals. • Where has universal health coverage been achieved? What countries have the greatest…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We need new processes to unlock the potential of multisector coordination. Over the past several years, our organizations, One Earth Future and Partnerships for Social Change, have been working with UN agencies and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Philanthropy possesses a checkered history. It is simultaneously responsible for developing some of our country’s greatest public resources while also leaving marginalized communities in the dark. At its worst, philanthropy…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Data processing is currently in the spotlight with the US Census Bureau director’s recent announcement that routine “processing anomalies” will likely delay delivering state counts to the president well after the December…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Three days after George Floyd’s murder, Twin Cities artists Cadex Herrera, Xena Goldman, and Greta McLain created a now-iconic mural on the side wall of Cup Foods at 38th Street and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Today, philanthropy often refers to large financial gifts, typically given by very wealthy people, but throughout American history philanthropy has involved giving time, money and moral concern to benefit others.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Arturo Massol-Deyá believes solar panels will bring power to the people of Puerto Rico — in more ways than one. Massol-Deyá is associate director of Casa Pueblo, a nonprofit that, since 1991,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Coming together for friendship, worship, play, learning, commerce, protest, governing, mourning, or celebration is fundamental. The desire to be with others is innate; the right to do so is declared…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In Japan, manufacturing facilities use “green curtains”—living panels of climbing plants—to clean the air, provide vegetables for company cafeterias, and reduce energy use for cooling. A walk-to-school program in the United…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Indigenous voters showed up in force for the 2020 election, a marked increase from 2016. And get out the vote organizers expect to keep the momentum going by reminding Indigenous people that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. 2020 women donors may go down in history as having been the first class of women donors to drive massive political change in one election. According to data from the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The 2020 U.S. election was shaped by a global pandemic, nationwide movements for racial justice, and unprecedented levels of civic participation nationwide. With so much at stake this year, it…