This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As we mark one year of our lives being upended by the COVID-19 pandemic, we should examine what this year has revealed and use that knowledge to shape how we…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 2020, we saw philanthropy react quickly to the extensive needs created by this global catastrophe. According to “Philanthropy and Covid-19: Measuring One Year of Giving,” Candid and the Center for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. CoVid-19 has further exacerbated rates of chronic absenteeism for communities of color in places like Georgia, where African Americans represent only 30% of the population, yet comprise 80% of the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. By now, most of us have read or heard about how the philanthropic world has responded — and is still responding — to the dual crises of 2020. At this…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At a 2017 event hosted by The Wellbeing Project (TWP), Gabriela Gandel, executive director of the social entrepreneur network Impact Hub, expressed the need to address dysfunction and high rates of burnout across…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Children are our most precious resource, and healthy children are the cornerstone of a healthy global community. But without access to good health care, children cannot grow up to become…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Fewer than half of inmates in jails and prisons surveyed in a new study said they would accept a COVID-19 vaccine. The majority surveyed either said they wanted to wait…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Intergenerational shared sites are not a new concept in the United States. Messiah Lifeways, a residential community for older adults in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, opened more than 40 years ago with a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The words “facemask” and “hand sanitiser” are now familiar the world over, but for isiZulu speakers in South Africa those terms did not exist a year ago, until a group…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Long before the emergence of COVID-19, the United States was struggling to contain a years-long opioid crisis that took tens of thousands of lives every year. Now, with Oxycontin manufacturer…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. State education leaders across the nation are debating the most effective ways to maximize learning time for students after a prolonged year of classroom closures, with many considering extended summer programming,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a cruel reality for more than 200 million girls and women globally, while 3 million girls in Africa are at risk of undergoing FGM every year. The World Health…