This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. One of the most dependable areas of bipartisan consensus has always been the United States government’s support for global development. And now it seems the Trump administration has found agreement…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As Congress turns its attention to the problems facing higher education, the Department of Education announced last week that it will seek public comment on possible relief for students with…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Congress’s bipartisan budget agreement includes a historic funding increase for the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG), the nation’s largest federal child care assistance program. The additional $5.8 billion for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Mass shootings have taken place consistently throughout American history, in every region of the country. Over the last 30 years, however, assault weapons and firearms equipped with large- capacity ammunition…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. An uptick in immigration raids and deportations has had wide-ranging impacts on America’s schools, its teachers and its students — immigrant and otherwise, new research has found. Two-thirds of the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “What will it look like if we take a strong stance against sexual harassment?” This is not a question most founders or executive directors expect to have to ask themselves…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The United Kingdom’s Department for International Development has approved a 4 million British pound ($5.5 million) grant to Bond for International Development through DFID’s new UK Aid Connect funding channel. Part of the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The PROSPER Act proposes a substantial change to the way colleges are held accountable for the outcomes of their student borrowers. Because of the act’s other changes to the student…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the Stanford Social Innovation Review, Charles Conn of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation argues against metrics-driven philanthropy, arguing that this lowers the bar for social change by focusing foundations and their…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After nearly seven years of protracted and violent conflict, the devastating humanitarian crisis continues to unfold in Syria. In the besieged Syrian enclave of eastern Ghouta, which the United Nations…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. John Cornyn of Texas, the number-two Republican in the Senate, and Connecticut Democrat Chris Murphy, the chamber’s leading proponent of gun regulation, have a bill to address deficiencies in the background-check system.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nonprofits and social enterprises generally lack extra funds to help out if things go wrong. Unlike traditional businesses, it’s hard to develop a rain day fund when donors (or investors)…