This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Ryan Streeter explores the growing importance of social capital even as public policy retreats from engaging in it. • How can funders help to bring social capital…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Donna Bowater explains how Christopher L. Gibson’s book, Movement-Driven Development: The Politics of Health and Democracy in Brazil, offers a path forward for a backsliding Brazil. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Richard Gunderman explains how we can use the lessons learned from Mussolini’s fascist party to understand the fragility of freedom today. • How can funders work to increase…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this story from The Hill, author Julia Manchester discusses comments from a polling analyst who suggests that climate change is the issue which Democrats and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this story from Pacific Standard, author Tom Jacobs discusses a recent study which concludes based on Twitter data that people are already getting accustomed to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Alex Kotch at Sludge reports that donor-advised fund companies are serving as pass-throughs to hate groups. • How can these charitable fund companies create stronger regulations…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Karen Tiber Leland, writing for Entrepreneur, interviewed Kunal Sood, founder, and chairman of Novus Summit on how to make an impact as a global citizen and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Undisclosed donations. False information. Compromised elections. Corrupted democracy. The rise of online propaganda, political bots and fake news has jeopardized our ability to separate fact from fiction in a public…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this story from Urban Institute, author Matthew Eldridge discusses the benefits and consequences of rapid urban growth in developing countries. He highlights a few considerations…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · According to Lela Gilbert at the Hudson Institute, the State of Israel is seeking financial reparations for the Jews that suffered persecution between 1948 and 1970. Gilbert…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Evan Gaensbauer explains how effective altruism can be used to apply emerging technologies and serve as a global catastrophe mitigation. · What is effective altruism? What does…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Writing for the Cato Institute, Ryan Bourne expresses the importance of balancing the interests of current and future populations and creating a more future-focused government. · How can the…