This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 1971, Congress passed the 26th Amendment to the Constitution and lowered the voting age from 21 to 18. Young men, who had been drafted to fight in the Vietnam…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Although we may think about specific global issues like health, conflict, finance, and the environment as separate – and perhaps unrelated – challenges to be tackled independently, the reality is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Former United Nations Ambassador Samantha Power has spoken out about a backsliding on multilateralism, saying it is “mindless and self-defeating” to refuse to work with other nations when confronted with global…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jesse Colvin explains how a determined effort in funding national service through nonprofits can help unify Americans in their response to today’s ongoing crises. • Why…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Philanthropy News Digest examines a recent report on philanthropy’s insufficient funding towards efforts to address climate change. • Why should climate change mitigation receive such a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Lucy Bernholz, Director of the Digital Civil Society Lab at Stanford University, discusses digital civil society and how it relates to the future of democracy, philanthropy,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Bloomberg Philanthropies created the What Works Cities initiative that supports local city governments who use data and evidence-based management. • How can donors support cities and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There are more than 11 million Asian Americans who are eligible to vote (almost 5% of the nation’s eligible voters), but it’s taken hard work to get to this point.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Pew Research Center is publishing reports that analyze misinformation in the United States and how Americans view the spread of fake news and its impact on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Hollie Russon Gilman, K. Sabeel Rahman, & Elena Souris argue that we should retire conventional civic engagement tactics such as canvassing and signing petitions and instead…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Below is an excerpt from an article, originally published in Harvard Business Review, about corporate efforts to increase voter turnout through a non-partisan lens. Looking for more guidance? Organizations like…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 1968, in response to uprisings by Black communities in cities like Newark and Detroit, President Lyndon Johnson launched a task force to determine the cause of the riots and…