This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Dan Cardinali writes that the United States can restore the trust that allows civil society to flourish by emphasizing the values that have long bound us…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Craig Kielburger is the founder of Free the Children, a movement to stop the process of child labor around the world. Kielburger’s story starts when he…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Much has been written about our country’s problem with mass incarceration and its devastating impacts on individual lives, families and communities. Despite extensive research showing that incarceration is especially harmful…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A recent study has shown that in spite of national standards, most states lack important prison policies on prenatal care and nutrition for pregnant women. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Daniele Selby and Olivia Kestin discuss the photography of David Goldblatt, who recorded the day-to-day life of South Africans under apartheid. • How do projects like this inform contemporaries and historians?…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In an increasingly divisive society—where politics seem to dominate public as well as private discourse—what would it be like to hold civil conversations in our own families and communities? And…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Heather Villanueva explains how More Equitable Democracy helped to pass a bill to end prison gerrymandering in Washington State. • How can other states learn from Washington’s efforts?…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Ken Kalisch, Brad Daniel, and Andrew Bobilya analyze the results of a study that shows spending time alone in nature is beneficial for many participants in a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Aravind Boddupalli and Erin Huffer argue that looking only at national housing trends can mask differences across states. They have created an interactive data tool that will help…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · According to Katherine Martinko at TreeHugger, the city of Vancouver will implement a ban on foam food containers in the coming year, with future goals to reduce…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Although technology has made life easier, the rapid advancements have exacerbated existing inequalities. Here, Urban Institute explains why leaders need better data and tools to make…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Kiley Arroyo takes a look at how different disciplines are adopting an ecological paradigm to advance transformative justice and influence positive change in living systems. ·…