This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • George Goehl argues that philanthropy has failed to hold high finance accountable – allowing for wealth inequality to grow, especially for people of color. • Why has…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Joshua Siegel reports that Lehigh County, Pa. has found policy solutions to address the opioid crisis that grips the United States. Other governing bodies can adopt similar policy frameworks to reduce…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Mission Continues transcribes a speech from MSNBC host Chris Hayes at a recent organization event, in which he calls for more people to get together…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The author discusses five revolutionary times that young people showed up to vote across the globe, changing the course of history and shedding light on the importance of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Silicon Valley billionaires are supposedly apocalypse-proofing themselves by buying up land in New Zealand on the Pacific Ring of Fire, the horseshoe curve of geological fault lines…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The press is under siege. Last year, Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was killed after last being seen entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. In Myanmar, authorities arrested three journalists for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. What makes a city livable? It’s more than just jobs, schools, culture and weather. It’s knowing your neighbors have your back. That’s because even if a community can provide economic…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Marissa Norris explains how RAND’s education policy game brings together stakeholder groups to ideate solutions to theoretical problems like the need to cut a school budget. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • TCC Group explores the fraught nature of funding advocacy work and how to establish a better comfort level by asking a few crucial questions. • There…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Imogen Calderwood shares the UK’s plans for international aid in the wake of Brexit, including mobilizing public and private investment for global development. • How can funders work…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kate Wheeling and Jim Morris report that Californians are working to increase regulations on oil companies following a series of incidents that revealed inadequate regulation and oversight…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A pledge of commitments worth more than $7.6 billion took place in the months leading up to Global Citizen Week that are going to advance global education,…