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Schools have received almost $190 billion for pandemic recovery, but that falls far short of the $700 billion it will take to erase the damage to learning caused by COVID,…

The students looked as if they could be getting ready for a Harry Styles concert, sprawled out across the carpet in the University of South Dakota’s student center. Early 2000s…

How do leaders translate collective action into political power—or not? How do they build a constituency of people that stands behind them, and then wield the power of that constituency…

Josh Carpenter is the Director of the newly formed Department of Innovation and Economic Opportunity for the City of Birmingham. Formerly, Josh was Director of External Affairs in the Office of the…

Plucking, washing, combing, cutting, dyeing, shaving — our hair has a high value for us, and for many of us, it’s one of the ways we can show ourselves and…

Waves of protest in Iran suggest growing divide between young and old, and secular and fundamentalist, say experts. The recent death of a young Iranian woman, Mahsa Amini, while in…

Who should manage public land that is sacred to Native Americans? That is the question that the United States government and some states hope recent policy changes will address by…

The health of American democracy has become an inescapable topic for those in philanthropy. How did we get to this tenuous place? What can be done to deescalate the current…

“We are all very good at the lip service.” What many of us fear and suspect—and what an executive from a leading global brand recently confirmed—is that companies do not…

Popping up near bus stops, train stations, and other strategically placed locations within a driver’s line of vision are giant billboards in crisp black and white, proclaiming: Abortion is and will…